Asian countries riven by war and disaster face some of steepest Trump tariffs
by Kate Lamb and Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok from World news | The Guardian on (#6WC3G)
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is China
Developing nations in south-east Asia, including wartorn and earthquake-hit Myanmar, and several African nations are among the trading partners facing the highest tariffs set by Donald Trump.
Upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war, the US president announced a raft of tariffs on Wednesday that he said were designed to stop the US economy from being cheated".
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