JOHANNESBURG - Tariff tensions are heating up, as the country races against the clock.
With a 31 percent import tax set to hit SA goods next week, government is pushing for an extension to seal a last-minute trade deal with the Trump administration.
At stake? Billions in exports, and as many as 35 thousand jobs in the citrus sector alone.
Government has offered to buy liquefied natural gas from the US and is lobbying for a softer 10 percent cap, but time is running out.
Trade talks have resumed, but will South Africa manage to dodge the worst?
Chris Hattingh from the Centre for Risk Analysis unpacks the risks and realities.