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Global tensions will spur value chains rethink

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INT

Firms are rethinking their strategies on global value chains, which may change markedly in years to come

Global public is polarised but not ‘post-truth’

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INT

Anxiety that people across the world now care less about truth and facts is overblown

Pandemic will alter the apparel sector permanently

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INT

The pandemic has altered consumption patterns and deepened environmental concerns in this vital economic sector

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

Common global water pricing policy a long way off

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INTL

Growing usage and pricing transparency will be critical if metropolitan pricing is to begin to align

Bank regulations cannot prevent a crisis of confidence

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Recent events show that higher rates and crashing confidence can push well-capitalised banks to crisis quickly

Bullish and bearish China growth view is reconcilable

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CHINA

China analysts are diverging between those growing more negative on the long-run prospects and those remaining bullish

Tariffs will test not reconfigure global supply chains

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UNITED STATES-CHINA

The United States and China are imposing tariffs on over 50 billion dollars of the other’s imports -- and threaten more

Demography could time-limit China's ascendancy

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INT

Sizeable economic and population shifts will occur among the largest economies in coming decades

AI augmentation and automation will alter job markets

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INT

AI will lift global economic productivity over the coming decades, but also transform labour markets