In the same week that President Cyril Ramaphosa held his second SA Investment Conference in a continued drive to attract $100bn in investment, it appears that his own actions and inaction could immediately erase $1bn worth of trade with the US.
On 25 October 2019, the Office of the United States Trade Representative put South Africa on notice that our eligibility for the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) would come under review due to the unwillingness of President Cyril Ramaphosa to send back to Parliament the fatally flawed Copyright Amendment Bill.
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