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'Shocking': Trump hits Lesotho, Levi's and Calvin Klein denim exporter, with 50% tariff
The government of Lesotho told its citizens not to panic after the U.S. announced a trade tariff that risks wiping out nearly ...
How tiny Lesotho ended up with the highest US tariffs in the world
If you have ever bought a pair of jeans from an American brand like Levi’s or Wrangler, chances are they were manufactured at ...
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Lesotho hit with harshest U.S. tariffs — and this is how it reacted
But the fallout from the U.S. tariffs could be severe. Lesotho’s Trade Minister Mokhethi Shelile warned of looming factory closures and job losses in the textile sector, which employs about 12,000 ...
Lesotho now faces a 50% US tariff: Can its textile industry survive the blow?
Lesotho’s textile industry, a key pillar of its economy, faces an uncertain future after US President Donald Trump imposed a ...
Baffled Lesotho seeks to engage with US on jeans tariffs
Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs ...
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🔒 Worldview: Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on Africa – SA braces for trade fallout, Lesotho hit hardest with 50% blow
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Why Donald Trump is targeting Lesotho
U.S. President Donald Trump’s steep new tariffs target Lesotho, a tiny African nation he once mocked as a country “nobody has ...