South Africa exports vehicles worth about $1.9 billion every year, many to the United States under a trade deal now in jeopardy as President Donald Trump piles pressure on the country. Motor vehicles account for 22 percent of South Africa's exports to the United States,

The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa. A new law seeks to right some of the wrongs of apartheid but has prompted claims from critics that it discriminates against White farmers.

South Africa relationship needs a rethink. But the Trump administration’s approach is only making a bad situation worse.