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South Africa is among the nations that have sought counsel from Goldman Sachs on how to improve ties with Washington.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the bank advised Pretoria — which has been in the White House’s crosshairs for months over its close ties to Russia and its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice — to scrap a law that requires Black ownership of some businesses as a way to get into the Trump administration’s good graces.
It also recommended Pretoria walk back a land-seizure law that angered Elon Musk, Trump’s South Africa-born cost-cutting chief, who claimed it discriminated against white farmers.
Japan and Saudi Arabia have also consulted with the Wall Street giant.
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