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For small Lesotho, there are few options for responding to large tariffs.
In Lesotho, which makes denim that goes into U.S.-branded jeans, both the private sector and the government were weighing ...
'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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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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How tiny Lesotho ended up with the highest US tariffs in the world
U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have struck among others the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho, one of the ...
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'Don't want to die': Lesotho HIV patients look to traditional medicine
In a sunlit shack on the outskirts of Lesotho's capital Maseru, 34-year-old Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji sits under a black cloth ...