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1 – 10 of 260Stalled talks between the Teamsters union and management at the country’s two main rail freight companies will now go to binding arbitration, but the minority Liberal government’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289304
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Overseas investors' interest in Japan is being driven by global supply chain realignment and falling production costs due to yen depreciation. This promises to invigorate domestic…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288793
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Russia’s remarkable agricultural recovery during the past 15 years has progressed despite recession, global pandemic, higher fuel prices, Western sanctions and war in Ukraine…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288387
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Delhi appeared sceptical about FTAs during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first term (2014-19) but demonstrated greater enthusiasm for them during his second (2019-24), agreeing…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288333
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Although government efforts including a new visa programme and intern programme have contributed towards rising inflows of foreign workers that have partially eased labour…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288673
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This followed congressional approval of the government’s ‘base law’ and tax package, designed to strengthen public finances, modernise the labour market and attract foreign…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288292
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Policies in the 1980s to restrict the birth rate gave China a demographic dividend, with an enlarged working population driving GDP growth, but that has been exhausted. The…
Youth unemployment has surged as an increasing cohort of graduates enters a job market troubled by stagnant consumption, a private sector clampdown, the real estate crisis and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287738
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China has tightened oversight of compulsory education while imposing new regulations that have shuttered private and international schools across China. Growing disillusionment…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287683
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The policy aims to position the country as a leader in the clean energy sector by strengthening local manufacturing and innovation. Tax breaks will be available for the…