Lesotho: With 67% of the Population Considered ‘Poor’, Lesotho Gears Up to Face Highest U.S. Tariff Rate

The highest tariff of 50% imposed on one of the smallest and poorest sub-Saharan African countries, essentially penalizes the inability of its workers producing American brands to afford them.

Slapped with the highest tariff rate imposed by the Trump administration on countries across the globe on April 2, the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho, with a population of just above 2 million, finds itself in dire straits.

Fears abound that the 50% tariff imposed on this poor, mountainous…