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Hello and welcome to World Business Report on the BBC World Service.
Will Bain with you today?
Great as always to have your company coming up today.
Nigeria's finance minister assures the World Service the country's economy is turning a corner, but does it feel like that for Nigerians trying to make a living?
We'll be live in Lagos very shortly to see just that.
Also today, ahead of President Trump's inauguration on Monday, a warning from the former head of the World trade organization today Mr.
Trump is more dangerous for international trade than Mr.
Xi Jinping.
Although.
Although I will recognize that Mr.
Xi Jinping also has a bit of cleaning to do at home.
Yeah, more from a really interesting chat with Pascal Lamy, the former head of the wto, about trade and tariffs to come.
As you heard in the news, those concerns are echoed by the International Monetary Fund as well today, which says tariffs could raise trade tensions, lower investment and disrupt global supply chain.