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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Heather Stewart

Trump’s tariffs may be perilous for small, heavily indebted countries in global south

Shipping containers seen from above at a port
Phnom Penh’s port in Cambodia. The US has put 49% tariffs on the country. Photograph: Suy Se/AFP/Getty Images

“This is very messed up. If Trump wants Cambodia to import more American goods: look, we are just a very small country!”

Khun Tharo works to promote human rights in the Cambodian garment sector, which employs about 1 million people – many of them women.

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