Donald Trump's plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on trading partners, including South Africa, could shake up world trade. While the plan is not immediately implemented, it threatens to unwind complex supply chains. South Africa's tech sector, however, is considered largely unaffected as the country primarily imports hardware from Asia, not the US.
Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff plan may disrupt global trade , but South Africa’s tech sector remains largely unaffected - for now.Donald Trump last week signed a memorandum in which he signalled a plan to introduce a reciprocal tariff regime on the country’s trading partners, including South Africa.
It is too soon, especially with how Trump and the current administration chop and change, to make any drastic decisions However, as Brunsden explained, the likelihood that American tech companies will move their manufacturing to US soil is low for two reasons:
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