PETER ATTARD MONTALTO: Searching for the elusive ‘how’
The boring details of SA-US relations and the 2025/26 budget are being sidestepped
There seems to have been a dramatic sidestepping of the detail on a lot of issues recently. Detail is boring, often buried in large reports or complex, boring laws dictating process, buried even in history.
On US-SA relations, and particularly after the reciprocal tariff shock (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/economy/2025-04-03-trump-tariffs-sending-shock-waves-through-sas-economy/), last Friday’s press conference with the trade, industry & competition and international relations & co-operation ministers seemed to miss the crucial how concerning trade deal talks with the US they apparently want to have. ..
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