{"id":141898,"date":"2025-12-07T08:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T08:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141898"},"modified":"2025-12-07T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T08:29:56","slug":"china-promised-zero-tariffs-for-africa-why-is-south-africa-missing-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141898","title":{"rendered":"China promised zero tariffs for Africa. Why is South Africa missing out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSouth Africa, China\u2019s largest trade partner in the continent, and other Southern African Customs Union (SACU) members are suffering from an unforeseen barrier to enjoying Beijing\u2019s zero-tariff policy.<br \/>\nThe hurdle is eSwatini\u2019s continued diplomatic recognition of Taiwan and hence exclusion from the favourable policy.<br \/>\nSACU customs deals are negotiated collectively among the five member states, which means none can unilaterally benefit from the preferential tariff exemption.<br \/>\nBeijing sees Taiwan as&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3335328\/china-promised-zero-tariffs-africa-so-why-south-africa-missing-out?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSouth Africa, China\u2019s largest trade partner in the continent, and other Southern African Customs Union (SACU) members are suffering from an unforeseen barrier to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141898"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}