SA's poultry industry, which has threatened court action against the government, is adamant that trade and industry minister Rob Davies has an obligation to suspend an arrangement for US chicken to enter the country duty-free. Marthinus Stander, chair of the SA Poultry Association's broiler organisation, this week argued that conditions for Davies to take action were outlined in a Government Gazette and suggested that the minister was in breach of the gazetted agreement. "Minister Davies seems to have acknowledged that the gazetted arrangement is quite clear in its intent. From this it should be clear that [he] is expected to act and write to minister Nene [finance minister Nhlanhla Nene], asking him to suspend the quota as SA has already lost some of its Agoa [African Growth and Opportunity Act] benefits," Stander told Business Times. Agoa, which was enacted in the US in 2000, is under threat after President Donald Trump raised tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. The SA poultry...
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