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Health preparedness and trade affect COVID-19 exposure

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INT

Although health systems are crucial in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, trade exposure is also key

The job dislocation of COVID-19 will reduce global GDP

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INTERNATIONAL

The more jobs that are lost worldwide this year, the more disjointed the economic recovery will initially be

Ambitious plans set China's course to 2049

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CHINA

Long-term goals shape thinking of current policymakers in and outside China despite vulnerability to 'black swans'

Car-driven Central-East European economies risk smash

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Record Czech car output could go unsold if another slump in Western Europe prompts buyers to delay new car purchases

Aircraft carriers do not make China a ‘global power’

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CHINA

China’s aircraft carriers are hailed as a sign of military might and ambitions to rival US global power projection

Trade shifting from multilateralism to smaller groups

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INT

The WTO meeting may struggle to reach agreement on fishing and farming, let alone on dispute resolution or digital trade

Russia’s armour procurement decisions are hard-headed

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RUSSIA

The delay to introducing a revolutionary tank design is a calculated policy switch

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

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INT

Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint

Water demands of AI will elicit rising scrutiny

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INT

Research into AI's ‘thirst’ for fresh water is proliferating