The rand was little changed against major currencies on Monday morning as the fear of a global economic recession lingers in the face of the US’s trade crackdown. 

Reuters reported that US President Donald Trump has stripped India of its preferential trade access to the US market under the General System of Preferences, a programme that allows developing countries to export goods to the US duty-free. The Trump administration decided to go ahead with India’s suspension due to the US’s lack of access to the Indian market. ..

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