Musk’s Starlink gains from Trump tariff as nations try to ease tensions

Several countries have accelerated regulatory approvals for Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, in an effort to ease tensions over new US tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. An investigation by The Washington Post highlighted this pattern of how Starlink has gained footholds in countries such as Lesotho, India, Somalia, Vietnam, and Cambodia — often during or shortly after trade negotiations prompted by the imposition of new import duties.