‘Some people will lose their jobs’: Citrus growers brace for AGOA fallout

News24 Business2 November 2026 at 19:41

Three years after US lawmakers began publicly questioning whether SA should remain in a key US trade programme, the country is set to be expelled, with the impact likely to be felt in agricultural regions geared towards exporting fruit and citrus to America.
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