JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday.
It was part of efforts to reset and strengthen trade relations between the two countries.
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However, the meeting veered off course when Trump shifted focus toward controversial claims of genocide in South Africa.
This diverted attention from the core objective of repairing the countries' economic and trade partnership.
Thina Nodada, Managing Director of Waymaker Global Trade Solutions unpack the implications of this meeting and what it could mean for future trade between the two nations with eNCA.