ASHULIA, Bangladesh -- As day broke one recent bright morning in Ashulia, a northwestern suburb of Dhaka, thousands of women and men hustled along narrow, potholed roads past security guards directing traffic to protect pedestrians and modulate flows into the area's clothing factories.
Millions of Bangladeshi women and men work in factories making clothing for export: U.S. President Donald Trump's insistence on raising import tariffs has threatened to put the livelihoods of many of them in jeopardy. (Photo by Rajib Dhar)
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