A South African expert has voiced concern that the United States may use the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a non-reciprocal trade arrangement, as leverage to pressure South Africa into shifting its foreign policy on international affairs. AGOA is designed to support development in African countries by providing preferential access to U.S. markets. Since its enactment in 2000, it has been at the core of U.S. economic policy and commercial engagement with Africa, providing eligible sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the U.S. market for over 1,800 products. The trade pact is scheduled for review upon its expiration in September this year. Paruk expressed concern over potential uncertainties surrounding AGOA, citing disputes between the Trump administration and South African authorities on several international issues. Shotlist: Cape Town, South Africa - Recent: FILE: Johannesburg, South Africa - February 2025 1. Cityscape, traffic; FILE: Johannesburg, South Africa - March 2025 2. Vehicles on road; Cape Town, South Africa - Recent 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhana Paruk, expert in China-Africa relations (partially overlaid with shot 4): "This is going to be reviewed in 2025 in September. And we are exempted from agricultural [inputs], our car manufacturing. [Under] Trump's administration, things have changed a little bit and it will be reviewed."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Cape Town, South Africa - Aug 29, 2023 4. Containers, vehicles at port; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Western Cape, South Africa – Aug 22, 2024 5. Various of farmers working; FILE: Johannesburg, South Africa - June 2023 6. Various of farmers harvesting citrus; Cape Town, South Africa - Recent 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhana Paruk, expert in China-Africa relations (partially overlaid with shots 8-9): "I think it's just not [only] a geopolitical issue. I think that the Trump administration is in disagreement with South Africa for three things. One is our policy on Israel and Palestine, and the position that we took in the ICC. Number two is whites have been marginalized, which is not true, and then it is completely incorrect. And it disagrees a little bit with South Africa's foreign policy. And it kind of is using that, as Trump had to say, putting pressure on us, a bit of bullying."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Pretoria, South Africa - Aug 2023 8. National flag of South Africa; FILE: Washington D.C., USA - October 2024 9. White House; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Cape Town, South Africa - Aug 29, 2023 10. Containers. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]