# South Africa: Trump’s unwelcome attention | articles | ING THINK

> ING analysts say President Trump's interest in South African land expropriation could bring fresh US sanctions risk, which would affect the rand more than the sovereign because much of the external debt is in local currency. The analysis notes that 7% of South African exports go to the US, and that South Africa runs a roughly $2 billion goods surplus with the US.

- Date: 2018-08-24 · published 2018-08-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63831-south-africa-trump-s-unwelcome-attention-articles-ing-think
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md)

## Why it matters

Sanctions risk would weaken the rand and raise the dollar cost of feed imports, though the analysis judges the US is unlikely to pursue action as aggressively as it has against China or Turkey.

## Read by commodity

- USDZAR: bullish ▲

## Sources

- think.ing.com: https://think.ing.com/articles/south-africa-trumps-unwelcome-attention/

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