INingizimu Afrika kanye ne European I-Union (EU) iphokophele kwenye ingxabano yokulinyazwa ngokutholakala kokuhweba.
Okwamanje kulokhu kukhona amazambane amazambane afriziwe (amafrizi amaFulentshi afriziwe) avela e-EU, ukungeniswa kwawo kukhuphuke ngo-1,398% uma kuqhathaniswa nango-2009, nabakhiqizi bendawo abathi kulimaza imakethe yaseNingizimu Afrika.
I-EU manje isicele "ukubonisana" neNingizimu Afrika, kulandela ukwethulwa kwamuva yiKhomishini Yokuphathwa Kwezentengiselwano Yamazwe Ngamazwe yaseNingizimu Afrika (i-Itac) ngomsebenzi wokuvikela wesikhashana wama-61.42% kumachips efriziwe angenisiwe angenisiwe.
I-Itac yethule lo msebenzi kule nyanga ngemuva kokuphenya ngesicelo senkampani yokudla iMcCain, esekelwa yiNature's Choice neLamberts Bay Foods. Kutholakale ukuthi kunobufakazi obanele bokuthi ukwanda kokungeniswa kwempahla kulimaza imboni yendawo.
Umugqa we-chip uza ngemuva kokuthi isikhulu sezohwebo sase-Europe uKarel de Gucht enikeze iNingizimu Afrika ulimi olukhulunywa kule nyanga engqungqutheleni yesibili yeNingizimu Afrika ne-EU Business Forum.
Uthe i-EU ikhulule izintambo eziningi ukwedlula iNingizimu Afrika, wathi iNingizimu Afrika ijabulele insalela eqhubekayo yokuhweba ngempahla yezolimo.
I-EU ikhulumile muva nje ngomsebenzi we-chip efriziwe, osatshalaliswa yi-World Trade Organisation (WTO), ukuthi "inentshisekelo enkulu njengomthengisi kuleli cala" futhi yathumela imibuzo engaphakanyiswa ngesikhathi sokubonisana ne-Itac.
I-ITAC ikuqinisekisile ukuthi ukubonisana kuzokwenzeka ngenyanga ezayo.
Isazi sezohwebo sithe isicelo sokubonisana siyinkomba ebucayi yokukhathazeka kwe-EU, kodwa hhayi njengesibi njengengxabano esemthethweni e-WTO.
Ukubekwa komsebenzi wokuvikela kuza phakathi kwezindaba zokuthi uMcCain, esekelwa abanye abakhiqizi, ngenyanga edlule ucele i-Itac ukuthi iphenye ukuthi abakhiqizi baseBelgium naseNetherlands balahla imikhiqizo eNingizimu Afrika ngezaphulelo ezingaphezu kuka-51% no-22%, ngokulandelana.
I-European Commission ithe esethulweni sayo sangomhlaka 19 kuJulayi kwamangaza ukubona ukuthi yize kunobuthakathaka obukhonjwe futhi buhanjiswe ku-Itac "ngesimo esingenabungozi embonini yasekhaya", i-Itac nokho yaqhubeka nenqubo yesibili, uphenyo lokulwa nokuqothuka.
I-European Commission ikhulume “ngezinkomba zokulimala” enguqulweni engayimfihlo yohlelo lokusebenza lweMcCain ekhombisa ukuthambekela okuhle, ngokunyuka kwamanani ngo-12%, ukuqashwa kukhuphuke ngo-9% kuthi ukukhiqizwa kukhuphuke ngo-15%.
Umqondisi weXA International Trade Advisors uDonald MacKay uthe i-EU ngokusobala ikhathazekile ngokuthi kuzokwenziwa izindlela zokuvikela nokuthi icala lokulwa nokuqothuka liqale ngasikhathi sinye. “Sikholwa wukuthi azikaze zibe khona izizathu zokuvikelwa, futhi akukho okushintshe umbono wethu. I-ITAC ayikaze inikeze isibalo sokuthi bafike kanjani ezingeni lomsebenzi ababekiwe, futhi benqabile ukunikeza lesi sibalo ngokungasinaki isicelo sethu. ”
Ama-Potato Importers (API) athintekile, amelwe ngabakwa-XA International Trade Advisors, kanye ne-European Potato Processors Association bathi umbiko we-Itac ngomsebenzi wokuvikela wesikhashana wawungenayo "inkomba eyodwa" kunoma yikuphi ukuthunyelwa okwenziwe ku-Itac.
"Lokhu kunganakwa okuphelele kwezethulo ze-API… kuyinkomba ecacile yokuchema kanye nomphumela onqunywe kusengaphambili, okukhathaza kakhulu," kusho uMnu MacKay.