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Taiwan seeks US assurances tariff deal terms will not change – SABC News

Taiwan's Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun speaks at a press conference about US-Taiwan trade deal in Taipei, Taiwan on January 20, 2026.

Taiwan will work with the United States (US) to ensure the beneficial terms it has already agreed do not change despite ructions following the US Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said on Tuesday. Trump on Monday warned countries against backing away from recently negotiated trade deals with the US, saying that he …

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Ivory Coast to announce cocoa mid-crop price by month end – SABC News

A farmer holds cocoa beans while he is drying them at a village in Sinfra, Ivory Coast on April 29, 2023.

Ivory Coast will announce the fixed price cocoa farmers will get for the mid-crop by the month’s end, the agriculture minister said, earlier than usual as the country comes under pressure to slash farmer prices amid a world market price slump. The world’s top cocoa grower usually announces the mid-crop price in late March or early April, not in late …

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