Washington D.C., United States - President Cyril Ramaphosa has described his bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as "robust and fruitful", signalling a new chapter of engagement between South Africa and the United States,

His state visit comes at a time when his country’s relations with the US are at the lowest they have been in decades.

During CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday, co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin asked Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty about the president’s recent outrage at Walmart. The mega retail chain’s CFO warned last week that consumers might start to see higher prices on products as soon as June.