After Trump mocked a country he said “nobody had ever heard of”, the US imposed tariffs and cut most aid. Lesotho, the “denim capital of Africa”, built its economy on US exports. Now tens of thousands of jobs are at risk and an emergency has been declared.
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed eye-watering tariffs on Lesotho and cut aid last year, plunging the small African nation into turmoil. Brussels and Beijing are now looking at ways to expand their ...