TIISETSO MOTSOENENG: Can Ramaphosa crack Trump’s elusive trade code in high-wire US visit?
SA president faces a chaotic, contradictory approach that leaves trading partners guessing
19 May 2025 - 05:00
When negotiation rules are written in disappearing ink, can President Cyril Ramaphosa find an anchor point in his meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, this week?
This is far from a trivial question. It goes to the heart of Trump’s long-standing penchant for strategic ambiguity, a tactic that turns clarity into a scarce resource and leaves trade partners scrambling to pin down a landing zone — that sweet spot of compromise where US demands and foreign interests overlap...
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