There may be a silver lining for South Africa’s economy from the escalating US-China trade row. With tensions bubbling in the Middle East and oil supplies from Venezuela and Iran falling sharply, the Washington/Beijing stand-off is the one thing keeping a lid on crude prices. If it weren’t for this simmering trade war, South Africans would probably be set to pay even more at the pumps.
On the other hand, tit-for-tat tariff hikes should provide at least some opportunities for exporters around the world. If American farm products, for example, are suddenly denied access to the Chinese market, farmers elsewhere can rush to fill the hole. The same goes for Chinese manufactured goods heading for the Walmart shelves of America. There is already evidence that Vietnam, for one, has benefited from this state of affairs.
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