SA prefers bilateral US trade deal - sources

South Africa is preparing to pitch a bilateral trade agreement to the US if President Donald Trump's administration revokes the nation's preferential access to the world's biggest economy as relations between them sour, people with knowledge of the matter said.

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SA plans to have a team ready to discuss a bilateral pact with the US, said the people, who asked not to be identified as they aren't authorised to discuss the matter publicly.

The South African government considers such an accord better than preferential treatment because it would be a negotiated deal, and it would prefer to transition away from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), the people said.

A spokesperson for the minister of trade, industry and competition declined to comment.