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Tariff, ill-health & more: Trump speech highlights
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that the headquarters of US Space Command will be relocated to Huntsville, Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary base in Colorado.
“The US Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama, forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City,” Trump said at the Oval Office, flanked by Alabama’s Republican congressional delegation. “We had a lot of competition for this and Alabama’s getting it. They fought harder for it than anybody else.”
The announcement ended a four-year tussle between Alabama and Colorado, as well as between Trump and Biden administrations, over the facility. Both states had argued the move would provide economic benefits and enhance their role in national defense.Trump dismisses reports about healthTrump also dismissed...
Trump’s tariff deadline delay brings hope, confusion to trade partners, businesses
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s latest tariff delay provided some hope to major trade partners Japan, South Korea and the European Union that deals to ease duties could still be reached, while bewildering some smaller exporters such as South Africa and leaving companies with no clarity on the path forward.Trump’s form letters to 14 countries informing them of planned tariff rates of 25% to 40% provided what he called a final warning on his “reciprocal” tariffs, while pushing back Wednesday’s previous deadline to August 1, a date he said on Tuesday was final, declaring: “No extensions will be granted.”The move reflects Trump’s frustration with trade negotiations that are proving lengthier and more complicated than the “90 deals in 90 days” that he expected, trade experts and administration officials say.The president, who announced on Tuesday...
After tariff hike, NERC increases prices for single, three allotment meters
Politics tamfitronics Weeks after asserting an amplify in the electricity tariff of Band A potentialities, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Rate (NERC) has adjusted the note of a single allotment meter from N58,661.69 to N81,975.16.NERC additionally adjusted the note of three allotment meter from N109,684.36 to N143,836.10.The adjustments were contained in an clarify entitled “The deregulation of meter prices for meters deployed below the Meter Asset Provider Arrangement” which modified into once signed by NERC chairman, Engr Sanusi Garba and the commissioner accountable of loyal licensing compliance, Barrister Dafe Akpeneye, on Monday, April 29, 2024.Consistent with the duo, the note of single allotment and three allotment meters for MAPs, inclusive of all other associated prices of set up and warranties shall proceed to be on the regulated rates approved by the commission.NERC said the Meter Asset Services...
ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE: Falana accuses Nigerian govt of performing a World Financial institution, IMF script
Politics tamfitronics Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has launched a scathing critique of the Federal Executive’s most recent decision to elongate electricity tariffs, alleging that the switch is an instantaneous results of pandering to the dictates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Financial institution.In a televised interview on Channels Tv’s Politics Today on Mondaynight, Falana asserted that the authorities turned into merely executing a coverage imposed by the Bretton Picket institutions, prioritizing their pursuits over those of the Nigerian folks.Flana contended that the Minister of Energy is effectively accomplishing the script of the IMF and World Financial institution, which win consistently pushed for the removal of all subsidies, along side gasoline and electricity, as a condition for his or her support.This, he argued, turned into a hallmark of neoliberal policies that prioritize...
