There’s a big orange asterisk on Trump’s latest 12.5% tariff on South African goods
Daily Maverick | 25.07.2026 01:29
At precisely 6.01am on 24 July, the new US tariff regime was implemented on SA. The country was one of 60 similarly affected nations facing the consequences of the US Trade Representative (USTR) investigation findings – the investigation was launched on 12 March, about a fortnight after the US Supreme Court ruled that the previous tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were unconstitutional.
