We are on our knees U.S. tariffs devastate Lesothos garment workers

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News Summary

  • The tiny mountain kingdom has around 35,000 garment workers and many of them face an uncertain future.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump announced in April he was slapping the impoverished nation with the highest tariffs in the world.
  • Many others have been forced to close down, with buyers spooked by the 50 percent tariff announcement even though they've been paused, for now.
  • Lesotho's government declared a two-year national state of disaster in early July hoping to unlock funding to create jobs.
MASERU, Lesotho Crowds of women, bundled up in wooly hats and mittens against the sharp winter chill, wait every morning at the gates of a garment factory in Lesothos capital, hoping that a few amon [+8721 chars]

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