Dice in Lesotho and Antarctica: right here is Trump’s absurd geography | EUROtoday

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They go from Lesothothan to place it with the identical Donald Trump It is a rustic “of which no one has ever heard” till Burma (Myanmar) devastated by earthquakes, passing by the vanilla of Madagascar and the penguins of theAntarctica. The checklist of Trump’s duties is a tour of the world in a single day, which borders on some geographical absurdes.

Commercial coverage shock

By turning the many years of the United States politics and threatening to set off a worldwide business conflict, Trump introduced a collection of charges on April 2 that mentioned to be conceived to stop the American financial system from being “deceived”.

The checklist consists of the most important world economies, ranging from China and EU, however weird names additionally seem: for instance, among the many most affected international locations, there may be the Cambogiaan financial system in growth during which the 17.8% of the inhabitants lives beneath the edge of povertyhowever atariff fee of the 49%. More than half of the nation’s factories could be Chinese owned: the nation produces clothes, materials and above all footwear. In 2024, Cambodia exported items for a worth of 9,92 billion {dollars} within the United Statesgrowing by 11.4%, whereas US imports in Cambodia amounted to 264.15 million {dollars}, a rise of two.7%. The whole quantity of bilateral exchanges between the 2 nations has reached $ 10.18 billion, with a rise of 11.2% in comparison with 2023.

Il southeast Asiatico

In second place there may be one other nation, unlucky, of Asia: the toddler, depressing and with out sea Laos, a rustic closely bombed by the United States through the chilly conflict, with 48% of duties: the poverty fee is eighteen.3%. Not far behind are the Vietnama rustic that’s industrialize, with 46% and the Myanmarhit by a pure catastrophe and with a previous of civil conflict following a navy coup d’état from 2021, with 44%.

Lesotho & Liberia

Africa additionally ended up within the sights: along with giant international locations such because the Nigeriathe darkish charges hit the unknown Lesothomade well-known by Trump in a speech, with 50% of charges: a small mountain enclave inside South Africa, the nation has the second highest stage of HIV an infection on this planet. And then on the vanilla exporting island of Madagascar not precisely an financial energy, and on the equally marginal Botswanawhich nevertheless is the dominion of diamonds the place the multinational The Beers It has a giant weight. In the African checklist there may be additionally the Liberiaa rustic affected by the plague by the prison gangs of younger folks, who within the United States is maybe recognized for an outdated success of Michael Jackson of the eighties: Liberian Girl.