Thando Maeko’s article refers (“US ramps up moves to sanction SA over foreign policy”, July 23).
The US legislation in question was drafted by a Republican representative from the deep red state of Texas before passing through committees in the House of Representatives. This is an endeavour by the congressman concerned to be viewed favourably by US President Donald Trump.
The bill is unlikely to be passed by the full house of the US Congress. SA is America’s biggest trading partner in Africa and there are about 60 US companies that operate in SA.
Critically, this bill need a two-thirds majority to be adopted by Congress. Even Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” needed a tiebreaking vote by vice-president JD Vance to be adopted.
Jeffrey Mothuloe
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