The tiny, rural southern African nation of Lesotho is also one of the world's poorest countries. Its exports to the U.S., mostly denim and other textiles used for American brands such as Levi's ...

Textile manufacturing is one of Lesotho's key industries, exporting some 75% of its output to the United States. This is expected to change after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped a 50% tariff ...

President Trump has imposed a 50% reciprocal trade tariff on Lesotho, the highest levy on any single state. The tariff comes after Trump ridiculed Lesotho, a small African nation with a GDP of ...

The amount of manufactured goods exported from Africa to the United States is minuscule. But for Lesotho, the impact of a stunning 50 percent tariff is enormous. By Patricia Cohen Patricia Cohen ...

"Nobody has ever heard of" Lesotho, Donald Trump said last month with his trademark braggadocio. That's despite the US' diplomatic mission in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a tiny mountainous enclave ...

Steep US tariffs on Lesotho, one of sub-Saharan Africa’s few manufacturing success stories, could cause an economic crisis. The country is the largest African exporter of garments to the US ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. President Donald Trump has not been particularly kind to the small African nation of Lesotho.

Lesotho faces an economic crisis as the US imposes a 50% tariff on its exports, threatening the textile industry and 12,000 jobs. The abrupt tariff hike is a part of President Trump's global trade ...

In Lesotho, which makes denim that goes into U.S.-branded jeans, both the private sector and the government were weighing their next moves. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London In Lesotho ...

Only Chinese goods are facing higher US tariffs than exports from Lesotho, which will be charged at 50%. The prince's exit from Sentebale after an internal row has echoes of his decision to step ...

If you have ever bought a pair of jeans from an American brand like Levi’s or Wrangler, chances are they were manufactured at a factory in the small southern African nation of Lesotho.Related ...