South Africa is considering offering additional incentives to automakers to help cushion the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on cars, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau said on Thursday.

Canada has already been hit hard by Trump's auto tariffs, and workers told BI they are bracing for further chaos and disruption.

P resident Donald Trump shook up the auto industry with his 25% tariff on all foreign-made vehicle imports that went into effect last week. Trump's tariffs will expand to imported

It's the latest move by the Trump administration that clashes with global aims to reduce coal power and cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate change.

The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at reversing policies that transitioned the country away from coal production and aimed at boosting America's "beautiful clean coal industry," the White House says.