The US trade delegation has used the Agoa Forum, hosted last week in Johannesburg, to reiterate that its economic relationship with South Africa remains 'strong' despite the Lady R debacle, differing positions between the two countries on Russia's war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas crisis in Gaza.
South Africa's government is hoping that the process to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act by the US Congress will be concluded by early 2024, ensuring that more than 20 African countries continue to have duty-free access to the world's largest economy.
In his closing remarks at the Agoa Forum in Johannesburg on Saturday, 4 November, South Africa's trade, industry and competition minister, Ebrahim Patel, said the government's plan involved two stages.
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