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EU ready to tax Russian fertilisers as early as July
EU ready to tax Russian fertilisers as early as July
by  AFP

EU lawmakers are set to greenlight tariffs on fertiliser imports from Russia on Thursday, despite European farmers' fears the move risks sending global prices soaring. Over a quarter of the 27-nation bloc's imports of nitrogen-based fertilisers come from Russia, with more entering from Moscow ally Belarus -- which the European Commission now seeks to bring to an end.

Trump says mulling privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Trump says mulling privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
by  AFP

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was considering selling off US mortgage-backing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac almost two decades after they were brought under government control during a global financial crisis.

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