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[TOP STORY] Rules, not retaliation, guide SA’s trade policy - Itac

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‘Retaliation, with the scale of market we have, might have other unintended consequences that might potentially be much more counterproductive to our industrial policy ambitions,’ says Ayabonga Cawe, chief commissioner at Itac.

19 Aug 2025 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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