Lesotho Responds to U.S. Tariff

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Lesotho

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Trump's biggest tariff was on tiny Lesotho. Here's what to know about the African kingdom.

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Lesotho 's annual gross domestic product of $2 billion is highly reliant on exports, mostly of textiles, including jeans.

At about 11,720 square miles , it is about the same size as Belgium but has a population of roughly 2.3 million , compared to Belgium 's nearly 12 million .

President Trump 's so-called " Liberation Day " included a whopping 50% levy on the small, impoverished nation's imports.

At least one in four adults in Lesotho is infected with HIV, one of the highest rates in the world.

More than 230,000 people were receiving anti-retroviral treatment in 2021 .

The charity's name, Sentebale , is a tribute to his mother, Princess Diana , who died in 1997 .

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