Trump, Republicans Will Demand Change from South Africa

President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are preparing to demand changes to South Africa's foreign policy in return for continued trade preferences from the United States. fox news reported Thursday: Key Republican lawmakers are already pressuring the incoming Trump administration to kick South Africa out of lucrative trade deals if the South African government […]

Lame-Duck Biden Lets South Africa Off the Hook, Renews Trade Benefits

The outgoing Biden-Harris administration has renewed South Africa's eligibility for trade benefits until the end of next year, despite South Africa's moral support for Palestinian terrorism and Russia's war against Ukraine. Sam Michel, U.S. Trade Representative, former A spokesman for the Biden campaign in liberal Minnesota said on Monday that South Africa could maintain its […]

South Africa, Anticipating Trump, Backs Away from Anti-Israel ‘Megaphone’

South Africa is preparing to “put away the megaphone” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, predicting that President-elect Donald Trump may not look favorably on the country's anti-Western foreign policy stance. South Africa's new ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasul, told South Africa's Daily Maverick that the country needs to consider its trade interests and therefore […]

How China could boost Trump’s interest in Africa

President Biden's long-promised trip to Africa this month served as a diplomatic curtain call, making him the first president to visit Angola and the first since former President Obama to do so (including President-elect Trump). ). It is unclear whether President Trump will pay more attention to Africa this time, but as the continent becomes […]