DA pleads for market access as US ties fray
South Africa’s biggest opposition party is lobbying US lawmakers in a bid to preserve the country’s duty-free access to the world’s biggest economy amid a spat between the two nations over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. John Steenhuisen, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA's) leader, said he met with congressional and senate staff in Washington three weeks ago to persuade them that South Africa should continue benefiting from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Alan Winde, the DA premier of the Western Cape province, will make the same trip soon, Steenhuisen sai...
Source: engineeringnews.co.za
