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U.S. Tariff Threat As Dispute Drags On
By Simon Barber, Business Day Sep 15, 2015
The Obama administration is actively considering the re-imposition of tariffs on a range of South African exports worth billions of rand including cars, ferromanganese, citrus and wine, unless SA moves rapidly to open its market to US chicken, beef and pork.
"Without swift action, SA risks losing important tariff benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa)," deputy assistant US trade representative Trevor Kincaid said on Thursday. US and South African trade, agricultural and veterinary officials, including SA’s special envoy on Agoa issues, ambassador Faizel Ismail, are due to meet in Washington on Monday.
"A resolution on unfair barriers to US exports is urgently needed, particularly given the clear Congressional mandate in the recent Agoa renewal legislation," Mr Kincaid said, reiterating the message delivered to Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies by US trade representative Michael Froman at the Agoa forum in Gabon last month.
Frustration is mounting in the US Congress and the administration over what is seen as SA’s unjustified and discriminatory use of food safety and animal health regulations — technically known as sanitary and phytosanitary measures — to keep American farm products out of its market.
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