NEW BARRIER

8th October 2021 By: Darlene Creamer

NEW BARRIER

South Africans were rightly upset by the opaque, and seemingly nonscientific, reasoning behind the UK government’s recent decision to keep the country on its Covid Red List. The country’s exports could face similar seemingly unfair treatment as the European Union prepares to implement tariffs on carbon-heavy products. The good news is that the country’s new emissions pledge creates a framework for avoiding penalties. The bad news, as always, is the time we are taking to position ourselves for implementation.