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How can Nigeria’s shea nut export ban boost jobs, reshape logistics?
11 Sep 2025 06:26 GMT
… holds both a comparative and absolute advantage. With over five million hectares … to expand its footprint in international markets.
The gender and rural … -African Trade Fair in Algeria, the upcoming President of the African Export-Import …
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Ban on raw shea nut export will boost rural income, create jobs for Nigerians – Tinubu
27 Aug 2025 08:55 GMT
… , aims to curb informal trade and support local processors, … yearly to informal cross-border trade, leaving processors underutilised at … both the comparative and absolute advantage to dominate not only … but also in value-added exports,” he said.
The federal …
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Tinubu approves 6-month ban on raw shea nut exports to boost Nigeria’s $300 million shea industry
26 Aug 2025 22:55 GMT
… the export of raw shea nut to curb informal trade, … both a comparative and absolute advantage. With over five million … trade, and lay the foundation for Nigeria to transition from exporting … raw kernels to exporting high-value …
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A perilous era of absolute advantage
25 Apr 2025 03:09 GMT
If a date had to be pinpointed, the post-Second World War international system came to an unmistakable end on April 2 -- the so-called "Liberation Day" -- when US President Donald Trump announced comprehensive "reciprocal" tariffs to a …
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Donald Trump doesn’t understand trade
11 Aug 2025 01:11 GMT
… was going to be about trade and tariffs. Before the first … Apple. The essential logic of trade is that there are some … should do them. That’s absolute advantage of course and it’s … ’s examples. Seriously, insisting upon importing low paid jobs back into …
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Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2025 - Protectionism or Free Trade?
11 Jun 2025 02:43 GMT
… the U.S. has an absolute advantage in both industries. If the … . Why should our trade policies (both import and export) pick winners and losers … production decisions. Raymond Vernon, International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle …
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Tariff wars ignore the win-win from comparative advantage in trade
21 May 2025 04:37 GMT
… country did this and imported goods in areas where … country produced everything themselves. International trade was not a zero- … has a comparative (and absolute) advantage over the US in the … produce aluminium and trade with the US by importing wheat. Indeed …
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Not a war on tariffs & trade, but a war of brands
08 May 2025 16:16 GMT
… on commonly agreed upon trade mechanisms between countries. Whatever … along with tax exemptions, import and export duties and host of … of a country having “absolute advantage” is not really applicable … war of brands underpinning trade and tariffs. Let us …
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The art of trade and tariff (United States, China, Global Economy)
28 Apr 2025 16:24 GMT
… acquisition through expanding exports and minimising imports. Tariffs on imports were advantageous in … services those players have an absolute advantage on.
In 1791, Alexander … hard nut to crack on international trade issues. Donald Trump’s proposition …
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How Richard Nixon Wrecked Free Trade
17 Apr 2025 19:45 GMT
… household to keep up.
In international trade, the dollar and petrodollar became … game plan was simple. Export goods and import dollars as assets. Deploy … advantage of nations became the absolute advantage of some nations against others …