Nigeria, April 9 -- China and the European Union have separately announced higher tariffs on goods from the US.

The EU approved a 25 per cent tariff on a broad range of US goods as its first countermeasure against US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs.

A committee of trade experts from the EU's 27 countries voted on Wednesday afternoon on the EU Commission's proposal.

Reuters reported that an internal document belonging to the 27-nation bloc showed that the EU is imposing a 25 per cent duty on US cars, steel and aluminium.

The levy also affects imports from the US, such as soybeans, sweet corn, rice, almonds, orange juice, cranberries, tobacco, iron, steel, aluminium, certain boats and vehicles, textiles and certain clothes, ...