The DA has said that: "Minister Tau and his negotiating team, after a false start and delays from failing to appreciate the implications of Donald Trump’s election as president, appear to have finally woken up to the potential to re-set our trade relations into a new era of co-operation...We do not merely need to remove the 30% tariffs imposed from August 1st and renew Agoa. We must seek a far more ambitious trade deal, that addresses our two nations’ economic, trade and security priorities."