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Asian Finance Ministers Outline a Joint Response to Trump Administration’s Trade Pressure

As U.S. President Donald Trump dominated headlines with the announcement of further tariffs (this time on movies), Asian finance ministers quietly launched the continent’s newest set of strategies to lessen its exposure to the United States. This follows the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of ...

ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement Will Be Finalized Soon: PM

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that talks to upgrade a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be finalized soon. Malaysia currently chairs the regional grouping. The 3.0 version of the ...

Asian Finance Ministers Outline a Joint Response to Trump Administration’s Trade Pressure

As U.S. President Donald Trump dominated headlines with the announcement of further tariffs (this time on movies), Asian finance ministers quietly launched the continent’s newest set of strategies to lessen its exposure to the United States. This follows the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of ...

ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement Will Be Finalized Soon: PM

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that talks to upgrade a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be finalized soon. Malaysia currently chairs the regional grouping. The 3.0 version of the ...

China–Latin America Dialogue Collides With U.S. Trade Offensive

The upcoming 4th Ministerial Meeting of the China–CELAC Forum (CELAC is the Spanish acronym for Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) will take place in Beijing later this month against the backdrop of growing strategic rivalry—some would say open confrontation—between the United States and China. In ...

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China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.

The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked to ...

No More Time to Waste: The Imperative to Strengthen Global South Voice and Representation at the IMF

By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Marina Zucker-Marques The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) governance is increasingly out of step with today’s world. While emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), including China, account for 60 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP), they ...

AI in Kenyan EVs Playing Catch-up to Chinese Tech

Kenya is still a long way from being a leader in Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) adoption, but despite the slow pace, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating as this transformation takes shape. In ...

China–Latin America Dialogue Collides With U.S. Trade Offensive

The upcoming 4th Ministerial Meeting of the China–CELAC Forum (CELAC is the Spanish acronym for Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) will take place in Beijing later this month against the backdrop of growing strategic rivalry—some would say open confrontation—between the United States and China. In ...

No More Time to Waste: The Imperative to Strengthen Global South Voice and Representation at the IMF

By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Marina Zucker-Marques The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) governance is increasingly out of step with today’s world. While emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), including China, account for 60 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP), they ...