South Africa has spent more than a year frustrating its biggest trade partner and largest foreign investor, the European Union, by failing to respond to requests for a high-level summit, according to people familiar with the situation.
The EU made several requests to South Africa to schedule the so-called EU-South Africa Summit over the past 12 months, but hasn’t received a response setting or suggesting a date, said the people who asked not to be identified because a public statement hasn’t been made.