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Trump shields Big Tech from tariff war with exemptions
President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, representing a major reprieve for global technology manufacturers including Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp. even if it proves a temporary one. The exclusions, published late…
Trump’s tariffs, the undercurrents and the fate of AGOA
Sopuruchi Onwuka The sweeping trade tariffs with which President Donald Trump of the United States tends to have upset global trade asserts, once again, the overwhelming influence of the country as the world’s most powerful economy. President Trump imposed only…
Trump becomes new oil price factor
Sopuruchi Onwuka The new economic and trade policies of President Donald Trump of the United States appear to establish as a third major factor in the global oil price dashboards as threats of crippling sanctions on Russian, Venezuelan and Iranian…
Russia finally turns down U.S. peace proposals on Ukraine war
Peace talks between the United States and Russia have seemingly stalled, Reuters reported Tuesday, dashing hopes of reprieve for worn out Ukrainian soldiers and troubled President Volodymyr Zelensky who had promised his people that the American intervention would restore peace…
Trump’s trade antics win the US a $100 billion FDI
President Donald Trump has at the White House unveiled a $100 billion investment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), setting off fears that the asian country might be losing its world-beating semiconductor industry to the US due to political pressure….
Trump administration crushes immigration by 90%
Illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border has dropped by 90% since the new administration took office, according to data released on Friday. Since January 21, an average of just 359 illegal migrants have been apprehended daily at the southern…
Trump signs order withdrawing US from UN bodies
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive…
Trump eyes US ‘ownership’ of post war Gaza
President Donald Trump of the United States has said that Palestinians could “permanently” be resettled from Gaza after the prevailing war between Israel and Hamas. He also said that Washington had not taken a position on recognizing Israeli sovereignty over…
Trump to end race and gender ‘indoctrination’ in schools
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday demanding an end to racial ‘indoctrination’ in K-12 schools he accused of spreading ‘anti-American’ ideology. The order is just the latest effort to combat what Trump and his allies term ‘woke’ ideology,…
Judge blocks Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship
[Agency report] A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump´s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship. The judge described the order as ‘blatantly unconstitutional. Trump inked the order on his first day in office, declaring it…
