Nigeria, April 3 -- Several world leaders have condemned President Trump's raft of tariffs on all goods entering the US, a policy that has dealt a major blow to the global economy.

The US president declared on Wednesday, a day he termed "Liberation Day," that he would impose a 10 per cent baseline tariff on all imports to the country and higher duties on some of the country's biggest trading partners.

His new policy has ushered in two types of tariffs-the 10 per cent flat tax on every import tariff and the reciprocal tariff, which specifically targets imports from 60 nations, including developing countries in Africa such as Nigeria.

According to the president, the measures are payback for unfair trade policies used in past years, notin...