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South Africa's trade ministry said on Tuesday that it still wanted to negotiate a trade deal with the United States, before a 30 percent tariff on its exports to the US is due to kick in on Friday.
Pretoria has been tight-lipped about its negotiations with US President Donald Trump's administration ahead of the Aug 1 deadline, which comes as the two countries' relationship has deteriorated over South Africa's domestic race policy and its genocide case against Israel, which Israel denies.
In a statement, the trade ministry said it was still waiting for "substantive feedback from our US counterparts on the final status on our framework deal".