The federal government, through the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has announced a plan to disburse N50,000 to small businesses.
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The United States added dozens of entities to a trade blacklist Tuesday, its Commerce Department said, in part to disrupt Beijing's artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. Two entities in Iran and China were also added to the list for seeking to procure US items for Iran's defense industry and drone programs, the Commerce Department said.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called Wednesday for a trade deal between South America's Mercosur bloc and Japan to counter growing US protectionism. The Keidanren business federation "urgently" called in November for "expedited efforts" towards a Japan-Mercosur Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), an accord similar to a free trade deal.
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