Tiny African kingdom of Lesotho slapped with highest tariff in the world

Lesotho to send delegation to US 'urgently' after tariffs hike

Lesotho said Thursday it will send a government delegation to the United States to plead its case after Washington imposed 50% tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation.

Trump slaps tariffs on Africa: 50% on Lestho, 30% on South Africa

US President Donald Trump has called tariffs the "most beautiful word" in the dictionary. Some African countries might disagree. Lesotho was slapped with the White House's highest tariff rates in a list released on Wednesday, with a 50% import tax. Other countries hit include Madagascar with 47% and South Africa with 30%. South Africa's trade minister says they're now actively working on new opportunities.

Trump's highest tariff will kill tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, economist says

A 50% reciprocal trade tariff on Lesotho, the highest levy on U.S.

Trump Imposes Highest 'Liberation Day' Tariff, at 50%, on African Kingdom Lesotho

The highest percentage tariff on the list of those released by the White House was imposed on Lesotho.

Lesotho, a mountainous kingdom of 2.3 million people, has been hit with the highest tariffs imposed by the White House in a list released Wednesday by US President Donald Trump. Thus, Americans who bring products from this small country in southern Africa, which the US president said “no one has ever heard of”, will have to pay an additional 50 percent import duty, reports the BBC.

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

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.