{"id":178164,"date":"2025-09-23T08:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=178164"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:17:07","slug":"eastern-cape-trump-tariffs-jeopardise-future-of-decades-old-nelson-mandela-bay-engineering-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=178164","title":{"rendered":"EASTERN CAPE: Trump tariffs jeopardise future of decades-old Nelson Mandela Bay engineering firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 61-year-old Nelson Mandela Bay engineering company has suspended a major factory build, implemented a four-day work week and warned of major job losses days before the 30% export tariffs imposed on South Africa by US President Donald Trump are due to come into effect&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2025-08-06-trump-tariffs-jeopardise-future-of-decades-old-nelson-mandela-bay-engineering-firm\/\" class=\"button purchase\" 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