•Donald Trump The world’s top 10 richest people saw $74 billion vanish on paper after this week’s market rout, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Wednesday afternoon triggered market chaos, reports AFP. Stocks suffered their worst single-day loss in five years on Thursday. The S&P 50...
•Shipping containers are stacked high at the Port of Long Beach Washington has lowered planned tariffs on two French overseas territories initially listed as facing swinging import levies earlier this week. In a list of countries and territories published Wednesday, the Trump White House said it would slap duties of 37 percent on imports from ...
•Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday called for a suspension of investment in the United States until Donald Trump’s “brutal and unfounded” new tariffs against Europe and the rest of the world were clarified. His comments followed President Trump imposing sweeping new levies on US trading partners, inclu...
•A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) yesterday US and European stock markets fell today as investors fretted over what shape US President Donald Trump’s fresh wave of tariffs would take at the end of the day. The dollar and oil prices dipped while gold, viewed as a safe-haven […]
•Activists sing Ukraine’s national anthem while holding a banner reading “Stop, honour the memory of the heroes” in central of Kyiv today EU countries today backed plans to impose tariffs on additional farm and some fertiliser imports from Russia and its ally Belarus, in a bid to up financial pressure on Moscow over the Ukraine […]...
•US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House yesterday, in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from March 12, ramping up a long-promised trade war despite warnings from Europe and China. The […]
•Seaport The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has announced a 15% tariff increase. NPA managing director, Abubakar Dantsoho, disclosed this today in Lagos during the stakeholders’ engagement for the approved 15% NPA tariff increment across the board, reports The Nation. Represented by the Executive Director of Marine and Operations, Olalekan Bad...
•Trump and Tinubu African market, including Nigeria, may be up for a new scramble in months ahead following the brewing tariff war between the United States and its three top trading partners – Canada, China and Mexico. While opinions are still largely divided on how the rivalry will impact African economies, Nigeria, which is among […]...
•China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump China said today it would impose tariffs on imports of US energy, vehicles and equipment, firing a return salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced sweeping measures against major trade partners Canada a...
•Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and US President Donald Trump The United States has agreed to delay the start of tariffs on Mexican goods for one month, presidents Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump said today after holding talks. As part of a series of agreements between the closely connected neighbours, Mexico will reinforce security al...

