There are opportunities for SA to sell more of its agricultural produce to the UK under a post-Brexit trade agreement, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said. "The UK doesn’t have the sensitivities of some of the countries from southern Europe that see us as competitors," Davies said, referring to wine and fruit. "In the longer and medium term it may well be that we can improve our access into the UK market for those products." Davies, who spoke in an interview on Tuesday, is in the UK for talks to ensure that trade is not interrupted when the country leaves the EU. The economic partnership agreement (EPA), signed last year between the EU and the five-nation Southern African Customs Union, would form a template for new UK-SA trading rules, Davies said.
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