US imposes 12.5% tariff on SA exports
The new measures replace a temporary 10 per cent global tariff introduced earlier this year after the US Supreme Court ruled that previous emergency tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump were unlawful.
The United States has widened its trade measures, announcing a new round of tariffs on imports from 60 countries, including South Africa.
South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition argued that it should not be subject to the new tariffs because it already had robust laws prohibiting forced labour, has ratified the International Labour Organisation’s core conventions, and has enforcement mechanisms to prevent goods produced with forced labour from entering its supply chains.
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