{"id":39132,"date":"2025-08-10T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/african-nations-push-to-re-negotiate-trump-tariffs"},"modified":"2025-08-10T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:42:00","slug":"african-nations-push-to-re-negotiate-trump-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/african-nations-push-to-re-negotiate-trump-tariffs","title":{"rendered":"African Nations Push to Re-negotiate Trump Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>African governments are seeking last-minute adjustments to sweeping U.S. tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump, warning the duties could deepen unemployment across already fragile economies.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa said President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Trump ahead of 30% tariffs taking effect on some South African exports, with both leaders agreeing to keep talking.<\/p>\n<p>Pretoria believes a negotiated outcome is still possible despite Trump\u2019s recent criticism of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has also said it halted assistance to South Africa, accusing it of \u201canti-white\u201d and \u201canti-American\u201d policies\u2014a characterization Pretoria rejects.<\/p>\n<p>Neighboring Botswana and Lesotho likewise signaled hopes for improved terms.<\/p>\n<p>Lesotho, whose apparel industry supplies brands such as Levi\u2019s to the U.S., saw a threatened 50% tariff cut to 15%, but officials say even that level endangers thousands of factory jobs and small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The tariffs arrive as months of uncertainty have already disrupted orders and investment, and as U.S. officials insist the measures are necessary despite signs of strain in the American economy.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Ramaphosa further said he spoke with Trump as some African nations hope they could still negotiate tariff rates that threaten to increase unemployment in countries already struggling with high rates of joblessness.<\/p>\n<p>The president said he and Trump spoke on Wednesday ahead of steep 30% tariffs coming into effect on some South African exports to the U.S. on Friday. The statement said the two leaders \u201cundertook to continue with further engagements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has said it believes it can still negotiate with the U.S., even after Trump has been especially critical of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration said it has stopped aid and assistance to Africa\u2019s most diverse economy over what it calls its anti-white and anti-American policies<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. African governments are seeking last-minute adjustments to sweeping U.S. tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump, warning the duties could deepen unemployment across already fragile economies. South Africa said President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Trump ahead of 30% tariffs taking effect on some South African exports, with both leaders agreeing to keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-39132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African Nations Push to Re-negotiate Trump Tariffs - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/african-nations-push-to-re-negotiate-trump-tariffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African Nations Push to Re-negotiate Trump Tariffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. 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