South Africa ndi European Union (EU) ili pamkangano wina wamavuto wokhudza kupeza malonda.
Pakadali pano pali tchipisi tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono (tiziwisi tating'onoting'ono ta ku France) zochokera ku EU, zomwe zogulitsa kunja zakwera ndi 1,398% poyerekeza ndi 2009, zomwe opanga akumaloko akuti akuvulaza msika waku South Africa.
EU tsopano yapempha "zokambirana" ndi South Africa, kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa kwaposachedwa ndi South Africa International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) zakutetezera kwakanthawi kwa 61.42% pazipsu zakumadzi zakunja.
Itac idabweretsa ntchitoyi mwezi uno itafufuza momwe kampani yodyera ya McCain yathandizira, mothandizidwa ndi Nature's Choice ndi Lamberts Bay Foods. Zinapeza kuti panali umboni wokwanira wosonyeza kuti kuchuluka kwa zinthu zomwe zidagulitsidwa kumayiko akunja kudali kuvulaza bizinesi yakomweko.
Mzere wotsatirawu ukubwera pambuyo poti wamkulu wazamalonda ku Europe a Karel de Gucht apatsa zilankhulo ku South Africa mwezi uno ku South Africa-EU Business Forum yachiwiri.
Anatinso EU yamasula mizere yambiri kuposa South Africa, ndikuti South Africa yasangalala ndi malonda ochulukirapo.
EU yanena polumikizana posachedwa pazantchito zouma zouma, zomwe zimafalitsidwa ndi World Trade Organisation (WTO), kuti "ili ndi chidwi chachikulu ngati wogulitsa kunja pankhaniyi" ndikupereka mafunso omwe angafunsidwe pokambirana ndi Itac.
Itac yatsimikizira kuti zokambiranazi zichitika mwezi wamawa.
Katswiri wamalonda adati pempho lofunsidwa ndi chiwonetsero chachikulu cha nkhawa za EU, koma osati zazikulu ngati mkangano wabungwe la WTO.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito zachitetezo kumabwera pakati pa nkhani kuti McCain, mothandizidwa ndi opanga ena, mwezi watha adapempha Itac kuti ifufuze zonena kuti opanga ku Belgium ndi Netherlands akutaya zinthu ku South Africa pamtengo wotsika kuposa 51% ndi 22%, motsatana.
European Commission idatinso m'mawu ake a Julayi 19 zidadabwitsa kuwona kuti ngakhale pali zofooka zomwe zidaperekedwa ndikupereka kwa ITAC pa "zosavulaza za bizinesi yakunyumba", Itac idapitilizabe ndi milandu yachiwiri, kafukufuku wotsutsa.
European Commission idatchulapo "zisonyezo zovulaza" mu njira yosasunga mwachinsinsi ya McCain application yomwe ikuwonetsa zochitika zabwino, ndikuwonjezeka kwamitengo ya 12%, ntchito kukwera 9% ndikupanga 15%.
Mtsogoleri wa XA International Trade Advisors a Donald MacKay adati EU idali ndi nkhawa kuti njira zodzitetezera zikukhazikitsidwa komanso mlandu wotsutsana nawo ukuyamba nthawi yomweyo. "Tikukhulupirira kuti panalibe chifukwa chotetezera, ndipo palibe chomwe chasintha malingaliro athu. A ITAC sanapereke chiwerengero cha momwe afikira pantchito yomwe akukakamizidwa, ndipo akana kupereka chiwerengerochi posanyalanyaza pempho lathu. ”
Omwe Atenga Mbatata Okhudzidwa (API), omwe akuimiridwa ndi XA International Trade Advisors, ndi European Potato Processors Association ati lipoti la Itac lonena za ntchito yoteteza kwakanthawi lilibe "lingaliro limodzi" pazomwe adapereka ku Itac.
"Kusanyalanyaza kwathunthu malingaliro a API… ndikuwonetsa bwino kukondera komanso zotsatira zomwe zidakonzedweratu, zomwe ndizodetsa nkhawa kwambiri," adatero MacKay.