Edward West

1 week ago | businessreport.co.za | Yogashen Pillay |Siphelele Dludla |Edward West |Nicola Mawson

AGRICULTURESouth African sugarcane farming associations have raised alarms as potential tariff increases by US President Donald Trump threaten to disrupt the already precarious equilibrium of the local sugar industry. Dr. Thomas Funke, CEO of SA Canegrowers, on Monday urged the government to continue to prioritise negotiations with the US on tariff reductions and exemptions to help create certainty in the agricultural industry.