South African trade minister: Lighthizer’s ‘model’ FTA plan has sparked little interest

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s proposal for a “model” bilateral trade deal with an African country that could eventually supplant the African Growth and Opportunity Act attracted little interest this week, South Africa’s trade minister Rob Davies said on Friday, with AGOA countries saying they preferred to negotiate with the U.S. as a group. Davies also told Inside U.S. Trade that South Africa’s poultry concessions to the U.S. could be in jeopardy if South Africa is hit with Section 232...