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Lesotho fears Trump shake-up could tear threadbare economy
Lesotho fears Trump shake-up could tear threadbare economy
Economy
by  AFP

In a sweltering factory in Lesotho, rows of workers hunch over thrumming sewing machines churning out piles of jeans for the global market from a country that US President Donald Trump has mocked as unknown. These workers are now fretting over their future after Trump this month called Lesotho "a country nobody has ever heard of" while defending his sweeping aid cuts.