South Africa appeals to Blinken for relief from Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum

The U.S. should remove Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum from South Africa to ensure the two countries can “significantly” expand bilateral trade and investment, South Africa’s minister of international relations and cooperation, Naledi Pandor, told Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week. Blinken was in Pretoria to open the U.S.-South African Strategic Dialogue. He and Pandor held what both described as frank and sometimes fraught talks on a range of issues including U.S. actions to ensure other countries...