Some of the highest rates will be levied on smaller African countries, with goods from Lesotho facing 50% tariffs.

Lesotho, Madagascar, Botswana, Angola, and South Africa were the hardest hit in sub-Saharan Africa by Trump’s new “discounted reciprocal” tariff regime. Analysts said African countries would need to work together in order to mitigate the worst impacts of the dramatic reset.

South Africa has no immediate plans to retaliate against the United States over tariffs announced by President Donald Trump this week and will instead seek to negotiate exemptions and quota agreements,

Residents of South Jersey and the rest of the U.S. may soon pay more for coffee, clothing and more under new tariffs announced this week by Trump.

In his speech, he listed the new tariffs to be imposed on a number of countries, including the country's biggest trading partners, and a more complete list was released later by the White House. No further tariffs were announced for Canada or Mexico.

President Donald Trump said he'll be rolling out reciprocal tariffs. Here's what that means for the U.S. and its global trading partners.

Trump said tariffs will force other countries to lower their own rates on U.S. goods and services. But other nations are planning to retaliate.

President Donald Trump has moved to impose sweeping tariffs on most goods imported to the United States, including from African countries that benefit from a U.S. flagship trade programme for the continent.

President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs rocked global financial markets on Thursday, with the dollar and U.S. stocks tumbling as investors rushed to safe havens on fears a broadening trade war would push an already fragile world economy into recession.