LETTER: Copyright bill will cost SA
Duty-free access to US markets could be cut if Copyright Amendment Bill is passed
31 May 2020 - 21:24
In April the office of the US trade representative released its Special 301 Report watch list, an annual review of the state of intellectual property (IP) protection in the US’s trading partners. SA was not flagged on the watch list.
We dodged a bullet, but we’re not out of danger. The US has yet to decide on SA’s eligibility for duty-free access to US markets under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). The Copyright Amendment Bill may still cost us R34bn in duty-free exports...
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