South Africa will host a U.S.-Africa trade meeting from November 2-4, 2023 despite earlier calls from U.S. politicians for the event to be shifted, due to South Africa's close association with Russia, according to Reuters, writes Jerry Chifamba for AllAfrica. A group of U.S. legislators from the Democratic Party and the Republican Party wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking him to change the meeting venue and accused South Africa of supporting Russia's war in the Ukraine by supplying weapons to Russia for that purpose. The South African government has denied the supply of weapons and maintains that it has adopted a neutral stance on the war. The legislators warned at the time that the country stood to lose its AGOA status, which allows South Africa duty-free trade on the first 25% of its goods exported to the U.S., wrote Esther Rose for AllAfrica on July 13, 2023.
from U.S. politicians for the event to be shifted, due to South Africa's close association with Russia, according to Reuters, writesA group of U.S.
legislators from the Democratic Party and the Republican Party wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking him to change the meeting venue and accused South Africa of supporting Russia's war in the Ukraine by supplying weapons to Russia for that purpose. The South African government has denied theThe legislators warned at the time that the country stood to lose its AGOA status, which allows South Africa duty-free trade on the first 25% of its goods exported to the U.S.
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