For the first time in 48 years, the United States is no longer Nigeria’s biggest trading partner, being overtaken in the first quarter of 2012 by India. The jump was largely due to India becoming more interested in increasing its import of crude oil from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Since 1964, the U.S. has [...]
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