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1) Biden has not caused a dramatic rupture in relations with S.A., but he has backed things off a bit (e.g. officially distancing from war in Yemen). 2) The li
by rossdavidh 6y ago
1) Biden has not caused a dramatic rupture in relations with S.A., but he has backed things off a bit (e.g. officially distancing from war in Yemen).
2) The literal answer is that the U.S. never bought anything much from S.A. except oil, and that pretty much ended after fracking made the U.S. a net exporter.
3) If S.A. actually executed a UN official from a NATO country, it might result in a lot more.
4) Given the state of the U.S. economy, and the nearly-civil-war level of polarization, I don't think Biden is looking for an excuse to get into foreign policy projects right now. We have enough trouble running our own country.