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[TOP STORY] Hosting Putin for Brics would be ‘disastrous’ for SA trade

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‘I believe our agricultural exports, which would all benefit from Agoa, would certainly
be the lowest hanging fruit if the US wanted to penalise us in some way,’ says Donald
MacKay, CEO of XA Global Trade Advisors.

22 May 2023 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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