Trump’s tariffs: poor workers in countries like Cambodia will be among the biggest losers

By Sabina Lawreniuk, Principal Research Fellow, University of Nottingham

Politicians and economists have been pretty vocal in their response to the ongoing saga of Donald Trump’s tariffs. But much less has been heard from the world’s poorest workers about how they will be affected.

For when the US president first set out his reciprocal tariffs – later paused for 90 days – some of the highest rates were for countries like Vietnam (46%), Bangladesh (37%) and Cambodia (49%).

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