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South Africa's links with Hamas and Iran pose new threat to Agoa as Republican senator weighs in

2023-11-05

[Daily Maverick] The top Republican in the US Senate foreign relations committee has vowed to try to reverse the Biden administration’s decision this week to extend South Africa’s full Agoa trade benefits next year.

Senator Jim Risch has written to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, strongly criticising the hosting of the Agoa Forum in South Africa this week and the continuation of the country’s Agoa eligibility.

South Africa should not have been rewarded because it had subverted US national security and foreign policy interests by its relationships with Hamas, Iran and Russia and its criticism of Israel, he said.

Ooooohhhhh — consequences!

Because of the Biden administration’s failure to communicate its concerns to South Africa, the US Congress would have to take "course-corrective action", Risch said. This implied that he intended initiating action to reverse the Biden administration’s decision to keep South Africa in Agoa next year.

Risch’s letter emerged just as Blinken, President Cyril Ramaphosa and other senior officials from both governments were about to officially launch the Agoa Forum at Nasrec on Friday.

Posted by:Besoeker

#2 failure to communicate

Now where have I heard that before?

Posted by: AlanC 2023-11-05 09:57

Nelson and Winnie attend a peace rally many years back. The "links" with terrorism were cooked in.

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-05 03:02

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