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The Guardian - AU
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Kate Lamb and Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

REVEALED: War torn and struggling countries among those facing steepest trump reciprocal tariffs | Vintage Vibes

Rescuers search for survivors at the collapsed Sky Villa residence in Mandalay, Myanmar
Rescuers search for survivors at the collapsed Sky Villa residence in Mandalay, Myanmar, after last week’s earthquake. Donald Trump has imposed a trade tariff of 44% on the country. Photograph: Cai Yang/AP

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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