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South Africa Downgrades Taiwan Ties Amid Trade Decline
10/6/2025
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- South Africa is downgrading ties with Taiwan and pressing the Taipei office from Pretoria to Johannesburg.
- Taiwan’s de facto ambassador Oliver Liao says the move undermines a Mandela-era agreement.
- Taiwan banned semiconductor exports to South Africa in September on national security grounds; Xi Jinping is due in November.
- South Africa–Taiwan trade has fallen by more than a third.
