Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In Pakistan and Sri Lanka, up to 600,000 workers could lose their jobs in the textile and garment sector because of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

On International Workers’ Day, our partners, Khalid Mahmood, Director of the Labour Education Foundation in Pakistan, and Anton Marcus, Joint-Secretary of the Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees Union (FTZ&GSEU) explain the impact of the tariffs on garment workers.

Read more in our new article: waronwant.org/news-analysis/president-trumps-tariffs-will-hit-workers-hardest