00:00Taiwan will restrict exports of certain chips to South Africa after Pretoria pushed to downgrade and relocate Taiwan's representative offices.
00:08South Africa said the name of Taiwan's representative office would be changed from liaison office to commercial office,
00:36and pushed to have it relocated from the political capital, Pretoria, to Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city and commercial hub.
00:44Taiwan has now listed 47 products that will require export licenses for South Africa, including computer chips and memory.
00:52South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the issue while in New York,
00:56saying his country's moves came at China's request and aligns with South Africa's OneChina policy.
01:02The reduction of exports to South Africa obviously will impact on us,
01:09but we will always find a way of dealing with them or with that issue.
01:15So in our view, the step that we have taken has been taken by many other countries in the world with regard to Taiwan,
01:25and our view is that it should not be over-politicized.
01:28Taiwan's foreign ministry says it wants to consult with South Africa before the export controls take effect in November.
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