South Africa to host US-Africa trade summit despite Russia spat

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Biden’s trade policy agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Summary US lawmakers had called for meeting to be moved South African ties to Russia have ruffled feathers in Washington JOHANNESBURG, Sept 20 (Reuters) – South Africa will host a U.S.-Africa trade summit in November despite an earlier call by U.S. lawmakers for the event to be moved over what they said was the country’s deepening military relationship with Russia. South Africa’s economic hub, Johannesburg, will host…