PRES. TRUMP AWARDED INAUGURAL FIFA PEACE PRIZE AT WORLD CUP DRAW IN WASHINGTON . (PHOTOS).

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 President Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup draw in Washington  Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”. “This is your prize, this is your peace prize,” Infantino said, after Trump took the stage to accept the trophy, a medal and certificate. “There is also a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.”   FIFA says the prize is for “individuals who help unite people in peace through unwavering commitment and special actions”.  Accepting the award, Trump called it “one of the great honours of my life”, before claiming to have “saved millions and millions of lives – the Congo is an example, over 10 million people killed and it was heading for another 10 million very quickly. India and Pakistan, so many diffe...

SOUTH AFRICA TO OFFER US REVISED TRADE DEAL IN ATTEMPTS TO LOWER 30% TARIFF. (PHOTO).


 South Africa to offer US revised trade deal in attempts to lower 30% tariff


South Africa will offer the US a revised trade deal in an effort to lower the 30% tariff imposed last week on its exports to the US, trade minister Parks Tau said on Tuesday, TRT Afrika reported.


"Cabinet has approved that South Africa submits a revised offer as a basis for negotiations with the US," Tau told a press conference.


"The new offer substantively responds to the issues the US has raised in the 2025 National Trade Estimates Report."


The government of South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, has tried for months to negotiate a trade deal with Washington but failed to reach agreement before US President Donald Trump's deadline.


Pursuing new markets


Its exports to the US were hit with the highest tariff rate in sub-Saharan Africa.


Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says the government is consolidating partnerships with other countries in a bid to enhance South African trade and investment relations, state broadcaster SABC reports.


Tau says South Africa is pursuing markets in Asia, the Middle East, and India as there are growing demands, existing negotiations, and a positive reception to South African products.


The Minister says this is a move directly linked to job protection, adding that engagements with the US remain ongoing.


Meanwhile, the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says South African trade with the US poses no threat to American production.


Steenhuisen adds that the world is experiencing a new era in which tariffs are being used to deal with issues outside of what would be generally trade concerns.

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