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BENGALURU: Emerging Asian currencies and shares tumbled on Monday after US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on imports from the country’s three biggest trade partners, stoking fears of a trade war and its impact on export-focused economies in the region. Markets were downbeat in Asia, with stocks reliant on exports getting hit the most, ranging from Japanese automakers to chipmakers in Taiwan, South Korea, to Chinese e-commerce firms. As Trump had promised last month, the United States hit Canada and Mexico with duties of 25% and China with a 10% levy, with retaliatory moves immediately promised by Canada and Mexico, the top two US trading partners. China said it would challenge Trump’s levies at the World Trade Organization. The reality of a trade war sent the Mexican peso to its lowest in nearly three years, the Canadian dollar to a 22-year low and offshore yuan to a record low. All currencies in Asia slumped, with the Thai baht and Indonesian rupiah among the top losers. “In the weeks
NEW YORK: Oil prices slipped on Tuesday from the previous day’s four-month highs but the market remained supported by continuing focus on the impact of new US sanctions on Russian oil exports to key buyers India and China. Brent futures were down 58 cents, or 0.72%, to $80.43 a barrel by 1421 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 62 cents, or 0.79% to $78.20 a barrel. Prices jumped 2% on Monday after the US Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas as well as 183 vessels that transport oil as part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of tankers. “With several nations seeking alternative fuel supplies in order to adapt to the sanctions, there may be more advances in store, even if prices correct a bit lower should tomorrow’s US CPI data come in somewhat hotter-than-expected”, said Charalampos Pissouros, senior investment analyst at brokerage XM. While analysts were still expecting a significant price impact on Russian oil supplies from
NIGERIA’S premier tertiary medical institution is on life support. Its livewire – electricity – is gravely challenged, and caregivers are conspiratorial about its critical condition. The Federal Government must restore electricity to the University College Hospital immediately. The UCH Ibadan has been in thick darkness for 82 days. Its authorities are bending backwards to employ Read More
