Trump likely to confront South Africa's Ramaphosa over equity mandates affecting U.S. firms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The meeting between Trump and Ramaphosa marks a pivotal moment in strained U.S.-South Africa relations, which have soured over diverging positions on racial equity laws and international diplomacy.
55% : She previously covered European Union politics and energy and climate policy for Reuters in Brussels as part of an Overseas Press Club Foundation fellowship in 2019.
41% : The two heads of state are scheduled to meet on Wednesday, and South African officials have been preparing a trade proposal to present to Trump to reset the relationship.
26% : Trump is also expected to address slow economic growth in South Africa and what the official described as the "trade imbalance" and "persecution of Afrikaners," who are descendants of mostly Dutch early settlers and also sometimes called Boers.
24% : Trump has taken aim at South Africa during his second term, criticizing its land reform policies and its genocide case against U.S. ally Israel at the International Court of Justice.
20% : " Trump has said, without evidence, that Afrikaners were being killed and that a genocide was taking place.

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