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Economy
Competition drives down Nigeria petrol prices
Lagos (AFP) - The retail price of petrol in Nigeria has dropped to 860 naira ($0. 57) per litre, as...
Trade war brings fear, uncertainty to Canadian border city
Windsor (Canada) (AFP) - In the Canadian city of Windsor, which survives on the cross-border auto industry, the start of...
China, Canada retaliate against Trump’s ‘dumb’ tariff war
Washington (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday launched a stunning attack on Donald Trump's "dumb" trade war,...
Writing on the wall as Chinese businesses fret over US trade war
Shanghai (AFP) - At a bustling Shanghai trade fair, exporters of goods ranging from plush toys to chainmail bikinis expressed...
China’s elite don traditional garb for annual ‘Two Sessions’ talking shop
Beijing (AFP) - Sporting military uniforms and multi-coloured traditional garb, delegates from all four corners of China descended on the...
France opposes seizing frozen Russian assets: minister
Paris (AFP) - France voiced opposition Tuesday to seizing frozen Russian assets to fund a European military spending boost for...
Trade wars intensify as US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China take force
Washington (AFP) - Mounting trade wars between the United States and its largest economic partners deepened on Tuesday as US...
Trump’s China tariffs eclipse first term, more hikes likely: analysts
Beijing (AFP) - Donald Trump's latest tariff hike targeting China is likely only the start of his intensifying trade war...
Trade war casts pall as China’s leaders meet
Beijing (AFP) - China's leadership gathered at their largest political event of the year in Beijing on Tuesday, seeking a...
Trump says Canada and Mexico cannot avert tariffs, hikes China levy
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump shut down hopes Monday of an eleventh-hour deal with Canada and Mexico to...
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