UNobhala Wezohwebo waseMelika uWilbur Ross uthe ngoLwesine amanani entengo yaseMelika ekuthengisweni kwensimbi ne-aluminium evela e-European Union (EU), eCanada naseMexico azoqala ukusebenza kusukela ngoLwesihlanu.
UMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump uthathe isinqumo sokungakweluleki ukukhululwa kwentela yesikhashana yensimbi ne-aluminium kulaba balingani abathathu ababalulekile bokuhweba, uRoss utshele izintatheli ocingweni lwengqungquthela.
“Sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nezingxoxo neCanada neMexico ngakolunye uhlangothi kanye ne-European Commission ngakolunye uhlangothi njengoba kunezinye izinkinga okudingeka sizixazulule,” usho kanje.
NgoMashi, uTrump umemezele izinhlelo zokukhokhisa intela engamaphesenti angama-25 ensimbi engenisiwe kanye namaphesenti ayishumi ku-aluminium, ngenkathi ibambezela ukuqaliswa kwabanye ozakwethu abahwebayo ukuthi banikeze imvume yokugwema amanani.
I-White House yathi ngasekupheleni kuka-April ukuthi ukukhululwa kwentela yensimbi ne-aluminium emazweni angamalungu e-EU, iCanada neMexico kuzokwelulwa kuze kube uJuni 1 ukuze kunikezwe "izinsuku zokugcina ezingu-30" ukuze bafinyelele izivumelwano ngezingxoxo zohwebo.Kodwa lezo zingxoxo kuze kube manje zehlulekile ukuphumela esivumelwaneni.
"I-United States ayikwazanga ukufinyelela ezinhlelweni ezigculisayo, nokho, neCanada, Mexico, noma i-European Union, ngemuva kokubambezeleka kaningi intela ukuze kuvunyelwe isikhathi esengeziwe sezingxoxo," kusho isitatimende seWhite House ngoLwesine.
Ukuphatha kukaTrump kusebenzisa lokho okubizwa ngeSigaba 232 soMthetho Wokunwetshwa Kwezohwebo kusukela ngo-1962, umthetho osekunamashumi eminyaka ukhona, ukukhokhisa intela emikhiqizweni yensimbi ne-aluminium engenisiwe ngenxa yezokuphepha kwezwe, nokuyinto edale ukuphikiswa okuqinile kwebhizinisi lasekhaya. umphakathi kanye nabalingani bokuhweba base-US.
Isinyathelo sakamuva sabaphathi kungenzeka sikhulise ukungezwani kwezohwebo phakathi kwe-United States nabalingani bayo abakhulu bohwebo.
"I-EU ikholelwa ukuthi lezi zindleko ze-US ezihlangene azilungile futhi ziphikisana nemithetho ye-WTO (World Trade Organization). Lokhu kuwukuvikela, okumsulwa futhi kulula," kusho uJean-Claude Juncker, umongameli we-European Commission, ngoLwesine esitatimendeni.
UKhomishana Wezohwebo we-EU u-Cecilia Malmstrom wengeze ngokuthi i-EU manje izovula icala lokuxazulula izingxabano e-WTO, njengoba lezi zinyathelo zase-US "ziphambene ngokusobala" nemithetho yamazwe ngamazwe okuvunyelwene ngayo.
I-EU izosebenzisa okungenzeka ngaphansi kwemithetho ye-WTO ukulinganisa kabusha isimo ngokukhomba uhlu lwemikhiqizo yase-US enemisebenzi eyengeziwe, futhi izinga lentela okufanele lisetshenziswe lizobonisa umonakalo odalwe yimikhawulo emisha yokuhweba yase-US emikhiqizweni ye-EU, ngokusho kwe EU.
Abahlaziyi bathi isinqumo saseMelika sokuqhubekisela phambili amanani entengo ensimbi ne-aluminium ngokumelene neCanada neMexico kungase futhi kwenze kube nzima izingxoxo zokuxoxisana kabusha ngeSivumelwano Sokuhweba Ngokukhululekile saseNyakatho Melika (NAFTA).
Izingxoxo zokuxoxisana kabusha nge-NAFTA zaqala ngo-Agasti 2017 njengoba uTrump esabisa ngokuhoxa esivumelwaneni sokuhweba esineminyaka engu-23 ubudala.Ngemuva kwezingxoxo eziningi, la mazwe amathathu ahlala ehlukene ngemithetho yemvelaphi yezimoto nezinye izindaba.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-08-2022
