The tariffs would also invite retaliation. Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, has already vowed to counterpunch by pulling American alcohol off store shelves in the Canadian province – no idle threat; Canada is the world’s No. 2 market for America’s distilled spirits (behind the 27-nation European Union).
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This reduction represents a 3.3 percent decrease within a month and reflects efforts to stabilise the country’s fiscal outlook. The decline in the public debt stock has been attributed to adjustments in external and domestic debt levels during the period under review.
“They don’t actually have the money,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X. “SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority.”
Trump said the WHO had failed to act independently from the “inappropriate political influence of WHO member states” and required “unfairly onerous payments” from the U.S.
Reports on Sunday indicated that Kenya has received its first shipment from Nigeria under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
This led to an oversubscription of 39.14 percent in the money market.
This follows reports that Ghana’s incoming finance minister is considering further IMF support to address the country’s worsening economic challenges.
The meeting, which was held on January 9, 2025, was regarding Ghana debt support programme.
