Botswana warns U.S. tariff could hurt exports amid rising global uncertainty


GABORONE, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's central bank on Thursday warned that a 37 percent import tariff on its exports to the United States could adversely affect the country's trade sector.

"One of the effects of this could be an adverse impact on Botswana's exports to the U.S.," the Bank of Botswana said in a statement following a monetary policy committee meeting earlier in the day, adding that the reciprocal tariff has been suspended for 90 days.

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