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      Friction with the west has prompted Beijing to build its own alternative system focused on developing nations

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    • Monday, 26 February, 2024
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      Appotronics is adapting its laser equipment for carmakers as they seek to outdo each other on in-car entertainment

    • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
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      The global trade system is in desperate need of an overhaul

      Our understanding of comparative advantage is confused and damaging

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      Petrochemicals billionaire says he would have passed on $4bn Belgium investment if he had known of regulatory hurdles

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      South-east Asian country’s low-cost production of metal vital to electric cars has made traditional suppliers uncompetitive, says Christel Bories

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      Anwar Ibrahim says rivalry squeezes smaller countries as he courts investment for semiconductor supply chain

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      Senators say think-tank led by consultancy undermined national security by advising China’s government

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      Expect more emphasis on global trade deficits, more dramatic intervention and bigger problems for Europe

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      Urban China Initiative counselled Beijing on cutting-edge technologies in preparation of Five-Year Plan

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      Investors eye further gains after Nikkei breaks through 1989 high

      Foreign fund managers have been buying back in but many domestic investors remain wary after long bear market

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      Cache of documents reveals role of business in providing authorities with cyber espionage tools and services

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      Elon Musk’s platform forced to take down accounts and posts on threat of ‘fines and imprisonment’

      Police and Rapid Action Force block a highway and fire teargas to prevent farmers from marching towards New Delhi during a protest to demand minimum crop prices
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