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UK avoids worst US tariffs post-Brexit, but no celebrations
UK avoids worst US tariffs post-Brexit, but no celebrations
by  AFP

More than four years after the UK's withdrawal from the European Union became effective, Britain has escaped harsher US tariffs, facing only half of the 20 percent imposed on its EU neighbours. Although he called the 10 percent levy "a disappointment," it is significantly lower than the 20 percent levy on the EU and the 34 percent levy on China.

Lesotho, Africa's 'kingdom in the sky' jolted by Trump
Lesotho, Africa's 'kingdom in the sky' jolted by Trump
by  AFP

US President Donald Trump in March ridiculed Lesotho as a place "nobody has ever heard of" and then this week hit the tiny African kingdom with the highest of his reciprocal trade tariffs for any single nation.

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