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SA-US spat over Russia-Ukraine conflict

There has been talk sof the possibility of the US imposing sanctions or other punitive measures on South Africa, this follows shocking claims that South Africa loaded weapons into a sanctioned Russian cargo ship when it docked at the Simon’s Town naval base in December 2022. Recently, a bipartisan group of US Senators from the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee wrote to the Joe Biden administration requesting it to move the US-Africa Trade Summit that is scheduled to be held in South Africa in November to another country in response to Pretoria’s alleged support for Russia. Should the ongoing investigation find against the South African government, the most likely and easiest punitive action the US can take will be to suspend South Africa from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act , do you think that either country will win ?

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