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Bush in South Africa

Aired July 09, 2003 - 05:08   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush on the second leg of his African trip, now in South Africa. He's meeting with South African President Mbeki. Trade and AIDS top their agenda.
CNN White House correspondent Chris Burns is traveling with the president and has the latest from Pretoria.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The crisis in Zimbabwe, AIDS and trade topping the agenda as President Bush begins a second leg of his five day, five country trip across Africa. The president was greeted today by Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa. The U.S. is looking to South Africa as a regional power to exert more pressure on the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, to step down.

Now, Mbeki had been called on by the White House to do more to do that. Now, Mbeki says that it is up to the Zimbabwean people to do so. So now those talks will try to bring some kind of result, as bringing more pressure on Mugabe to step down. There are sanctions against Zimbabwe right now, but it appears to be not enough. That economy there is on the verge of collapse. A lot of people are facing starvation due to the "violent misrule" by Mugabe. That is according to the White House.

On AIDS, the president will be showcasing his $15 billion program to try to combat AIDS in Africa and the Americas. He'll be visiting a military medical training center and will give a speech there. On a trip to the Ford Motor plant here, the president will be highlighting trade and the U.S. policy called African Growth and Opportunities Act. That is aimed at stripping tariffs on African imports to the U.S. South Africa benefiting greatly from that, having exported more than $4 billion to the U.S. just last year.

However, U.S. trade policy is also under fire among some Africans, who say that U.S. subsidies of American farmers is making it more difficult for African farmers to export to the U.S.

Those among the issues on President Bush's second day here in Africa.

Chris Burns, CNN, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Aired July 9, 2003 - 05:08   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: President Bush on the second leg of his African trip, now in South Africa. He's meeting with South African President Mbeki. Trade and AIDS top their agenda.
CNN White House correspondent Chris Burns is traveling with the president and has the latest from Pretoria.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The crisis in Zimbabwe, AIDS and trade topping the agenda as President Bush begins a second leg of his five day, five country trip across Africa. The president was greeted today by Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa. The U.S. is looking to South Africa as a regional power to exert more pressure on the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, to step down.

Now, Mbeki had been called on by the White House to do more to do that. Now, Mbeki says that it is up to the Zimbabwean people to do so. So now those talks will try to bring some kind of result, as bringing more pressure on Mugabe to step down. There are sanctions against Zimbabwe right now, but it appears to be not enough. That economy there is on the verge of collapse. A lot of people are facing starvation due to the "violent misrule" by Mugabe. That is according to the White House.

On AIDS, the president will be showcasing his $15 billion program to try to combat AIDS in Africa and the Americas. He'll be visiting a military medical training center and will give a speech there. On a trip to the Ford Motor plant here, the president will be highlighting trade and the U.S. policy called African Growth and Opportunities Act. That is aimed at stripping tariffs on African imports to the U.S. South Africa benefiting greatly from that, having exported more than $4 billion to the U.S. just last year.

However, U.S. trade policy is also under fire among some Africans, who say that U.S. subsidies of American farmers is making it more difficult for African farmers to export to the U.S.

Those among the issues on President Bush's second day here in Africa.

Chris Burns, CNN, Pretoria, South Africa.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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