Lesotho News » Maseru News Lesotho » Maseru » Commerce: 'We are on our knees': U.S. tariffs devastate Lesotho's garment workers
News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-s1-5468516/lesotho-tariffs-africa
Published on: Sunday 20 July 2025
MASERU, Lesotho —Crowds of women, bundled up in wooly hats and mittens against the sharp winter chill, wait every morning at the gates of a garment factory in Lesotho's capital, hoping that a few ...
News Lesotho » Maseru » Commerce: ‘The pressure is too much’: Lesotho’s garment workers on the frontline of Trump tariffs
News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/lesotho-garment-workers-trump-tariffs
Published on: Wednesday 07 January 2026
Women gather outside factories hoping for work as the economy struggles under US export taxes Every morning at 7am, women gather outside clothing factories in Maseru, the capital of the southern ...
News Lesotho » Maseru » Commerce: How the Threat of Trump’s Highest Tariff Derailed an African Nation
News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/africa/lesotho-tariffs-textile-industry.html
Published on: Thursday 31 July 2025
The president backed off his call for a 50 percent tariff on Lesotho, imposing 15 percent instead. But in a country where most people live hand-to-mouth, the damage was already done. Neo Makhera, ...