South Africa’s Ramaphosa says country must prepare for possible loss of US AGOA trade benefits

Ramaphosa's warning is notable because it shifts AGOA from a background assumption to an active risk in South African trade planning, at a moment when bilateral relations are already strained. The exposure is broad: exporters across sectors that have relied on tariff-free US access, plus the supply chains and logistics tied to them. The open question is whether this remains contingency language or becomes formal policy on the US side, and whether South Africa pursues alternative trade arrangements in parallel.