There is an adage that when United States (US) sneezes, the whole world catch a cold. Well, last week the US did not sneeze, it spat right on South Africa’s already smirk economic face signalling early signs of trade sanctions. Is South Africa’s brawl with the US a culmination of a greater world splinter? And what does brittle Botswana’s economy stands to lose or gain, Mmegi Staffer TIMOTHY LEWANIKA writes