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While the old triad of Europe, the United States and Japan is facing a time of economic stagnation, the emerging markets — such as the BRICS1 states — have become the main engine of growth for the international car industry.2 It is in the context of this development that the automotive industry has invested substantially in South Africa over the past one and a half decades. This investment has granted the industry access to the South African growth market, and preferential access to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),3 and to Europe under similar preferential trade agreements.4
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Thauer, C.R. (2013). Upgrading the Periphery? The Contribution of Car Companies to Environmental Governance in South Africa. In: Börzel, T.A., Thauer, C.R. (eds) Business and Governance in South Africa. Governance and Limited Statehood Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137317810_9
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