US EditionEU announces a $5 billion investment in South Africa as the tariffs war with Trump escalates
- The European Union will invest $5 billion in South African aid and development projects, announced EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen.
- Most of the investment aims to support the transition to clean energy, including wind, solar, and hydrogen power production.
- This announcement was made at the first bilateral summit between the EU and South Africa in seven years.
- Von der Leyen stated, 'Europe values its partnership with South Africa,' before meeting President Ramaphosa.
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The NewsEurope is ramping up efforts to strengthen ties with US partners spurned by President Donald Trump.Brussels unveiled Thursday $5.1 billion in investments in renewable energy and vaccine production in South Africa, the continent’s biggest economy, and said it would open trade talks with Pretoria, which was left scrambling after Washington cut aid over a land redistribution law it said discriminated against white farmers. And Mark Carney —…
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EU to invest $5bn in South Africa after US aid withdrawal
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