South Africa will likely keep its preferential access to US markets. This is because hundreds of American firms are also benefitting, according to the nation’s ambassador to BRICS. “I don’t think there is any serious threat of us losing preferential access to AGOA as it is not a one-way issue, trade is not a one-way issue,” Anil Sooklal said at a Bloomberg conference in Johannesburg on Monday. South Africa has asked the US to consider an early extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which expires in 2025.
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