Tariff deal talks to dominate IMF-World Bank meetings this week
- The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will occur in Washington amid uncertainties over global trade due to the Donald Trump administration’s trade policies.
- Donald Trump announced a 134 percent tax on Chinese imports, and China retaliated with a 125 percent levy on U.S. Goods, escalating the tariff war.
- The IMF's managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, warned that the trade tariff policy poses 'a significant risk to the global outlook.'
- A former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, cautioned that U.S. tariffs could lead to a 1 percent contraction in global merchandise trade volumes this year.
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Trump’s trade war could blow up the IMF and World Bank
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World Bank, IMF meetings hold amid uncertainty over multilateralism, US-China tariff war
PREMIUM TIMES’ Business Editor, Oladeinde Olawoyin, is in the United States’ capital to report details of these developments and many more. The post World Bank, IMF meetings hold amid uncertainty over multilateralism, US-China tariff war appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Tariffs to dominate World Bank and IMF spring meetings
The NewsThe World Bank and International Monetary Fund open their spring meetings this week amid plummeting global business and economic confidence as a result of US President Donald Trump’s trade war. The annual talks in Washington will focus on the fallout from the hike in American tariffs, with officials, analysts, and everyday voters worrying that they are likely to hammer US — and international — economic prospects: A twice-yearly Brookings…
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