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Trump imposes 50% tariff on Africa’s Lesotho, the highest among nations

A general view of Lesotho National Development Corporation building in Maseru, Lesotho [File: Roberta Ciuccio/AFP]

The Trump administration has imposed a steep 50 percent tariff on Lesotho, a small, impoverished African nation of two million people – the highest tariff levied on any country.

The measure delivers a severe blow to Lesotho’s economy, which relies heavily on exports for its modest $2bn gross domestic product (GDP).

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