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'Enough of this tariff blackmail'
The Citizen
|September 10, 2025
BRICS: 'IT IS NORMALISED AS INSTRUMENT TO INTERFERE'
Leaders of the 11-member Brics bloc railed against economic protectionism and "tariff blackmail", with President Cyril Ramaphosa warning the US tariffs pose great hardships and dangers for the global south.
The group videoconferenced at the initiative of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose office said it was necessary to address the "intensification of unilateral measures".
Russian President Vladimir Putin also took part in the virtual meeting, days after gathering with China's Xi Jinping, North Korea's Kim Jong-un and India's Narendra Modi in China, where regional leaders slammed America's "bullying behaviour".
US President Donald Trump hit SA with a 30% tariff, the highest in sub-Saharan Africa.
Trump, who has repeatedly cited debunked claims of a "genocide" of white South Africans and farmers, will not attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg in November.
This story is from the September 10, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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