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Vol 66 No 6

Published 21st March 2025


South Africa

Targeted by Trump – Africa and Europe draw closer

Washington’s tariffs, visa bans and aid cuts are pushing Brussels and Pretoria into a stronger partnership

As the new United States administration targets South Africa on policy and the European Union on tariffs, it has triggered an opposite reaction – bringing President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria closer to President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on a host of diplomatic and security issues. That was clear from the mood music at the South Africa-EU summit in Cape Town on 13 March.

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