UNTU is demanding a one-year deal with a 10% increase — in addition to housing and medical allowances — and declined to take the final offer from Transnet.
“On average, auto parts cross the border six times before final assembly. In a trade war, that’s a huge vulnerability,” said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Because bananas are a low-profit margin food and cannot be grown in the U.S., the proposed fees would quickly — and noticeably — increase grocery store prices.
The Trump administration added 54 companies and organizations from China, as well as more than two dozen from Iran, Pakistan, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan.