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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed suggestions from Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema that government was grovelling to the United States to reduce the 30% trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa said that rather than adopt a retaliatory approach, government believed that a strategy of engagement was best.<\/p>\n

Answering a question from Malema in the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon, Ramaphosa said that his ministers were scouring the world to secure alternative export markets.<\/p>\n

Labelling the US trade tariffs as senseless, Malema has also slammed government\u2019s approach on the matter, saying it had been one of appeasement and begging.<\/p>\n

But President Ramaphosa said a government team was currently feverishly working the ground in the US in preparation for the next round of negotiations, which were imminent.<\/p>\n

“Without being supplicant, without going on bended knee, which we have never done, and which we will never do, we will stand as a sovereign country and get the best deal for South Africa.”<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa said that to adopt a retaliatory approach, as suggested by Malema, could backfire.<\/p>\n

“If one wants to play to the gallery, one could embark on the type of option that honourable Malema is talking about without knowing what outcome that option will have.”<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa said that government was expanding its export potential to include more markets in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed suggestions from Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema that government was grovelling to the United States to reduce the 30% trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. Ramaphosa said that rather than adopt a retaliatory approach, government believed that a strategy of engagement was best. 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