The Latest Breaking News from Lesotho

Feeling tariff whiplash? You’re not alone. On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs – a 10% levy on nearly all U.S. imports, along with targeted duties aimed at punishing countries he accuses of exploiting American markets. Just a week later, on April 9, his administration abruptly…

Washington's 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.

African nations that were facing some of the steepest reciprocal tariffs from the Trump administration have been given a moment of relief with the pausing of the duties

The US president’s tariffs are vengeful and impetuous – and will have immense costs with no clear goal

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have struck among others the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho, one of the world's poorest nations

Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policy

The heavy new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump are shaking up trade ties between the United States and several African nations – many of whom have had preferential agreements with Washington for decades.

US President Donald Trump in March ridiculed Lesotho as a place "nobody has ever heard of" and then this week hit the tiny African kingdom with the highest of his reciprocal trade tariffs for any single nation.

The small African kingdom of Lesotho feared the worst for its textile industry Thursday after US President Donald Trump imposed 50-percent tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation.

The kingdom is one of the world's poorest nations with a gross domestic product of just over $2 billion

The move deals a harsh blow to the small, impoverished state, which Trump mocked as a place ‘nobody has heard of’.