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Lesotho's textile industry faces massive closures amid US levies

Updated: 2025-08-08 09:47
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Workers at a textile factory in Maseru, capital of Lesotho, on July 29. The southern African nation's textile industry faces massive factory closures amid US tariff pressure. WANG GUANSEN/XINHUA

The deafening roar of hundreds of sewing machines has gone silent. Spools of thread in every color are covered in dust. The warehouse is dark and empty.

In the tiny African nation of Lesotho, clothing manufacturer Tzicc's business has dried up in the face of tariffs imposed by the United States.

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