The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released a statement slamming the Nigerian government's decision to impose a ban on 25 products.
        The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released a statement slamming the Nigerian government's decision to impose a ban on 25 products.
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Stock markets rose on Tuesday as US inflation data showed a still-subdued impact from US President Donald Trump's tariffs. Stock markets in Asia rose on the news, with Tokyo hitting a record.
        Consumer inflation in the United States held steady in July, data showed Tuesday, but underlying price increases picked up as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs ripple through the world's biggest economy. From a year ago, underlying inflation rose 3.1 percent, picking up pace too.
        The European Union is ready to do a deal to land a groundbreaking treaty on plastic pollution, but not at any cost, the EU's environment commissioner insisted Tuesday. However, we don't like plastic pollution and it's time to end plastic pollution as quickly as possible," the commissioner said.
        Embattled property giant China Evergrande Group said Tuesday it will delist from Hong Kong Stock Exchange as a heavier-than-expected debt burden weighed on its liquidation process. Evergrande's shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange were suspended that month.
        Zaach Adedeji, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has introduced a series of reforms, which have transformed the service into people-centric
        Labourer Shuai Hang went a week without work earlier this year when sky-high US tariffs on Chinese goods overwhelmed the warehouse he works at and slowed the company's US-bound parcels to a trickle. Working at the warehouse was less tiring than labouring at a construction site, and earning money had become more difficult in the past two years, he said.
        Two new controversial policies by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have sparked strong condemnation from industry stakeholders flagged the charges as punitive.
        Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday, with Tokyo hitting a record, as investors welcomed the extension of a China-US tariff truce but looked ahead apprehensively to the release of key US inflation data later in the day.
        US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had a "very interesting" meeting with the chief of US chip maker Intel, just days after calling for his resignation. "The meeting was a very interesting one," Trump said in the post.
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