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US auto sector negotiations will intensify this week

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UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES: Auto workers strike deadline looms

Limited US auto strikes should keep talks moving

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US

US: Limited auto strikes should keep talks moving

US interest in unionisation is tentative but growing

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UNITED STATES

The union represents some 340,000 workers at UPS, the largest US package delivery company. The United States is experiencing a rise in strikes and work stoppages espite low union…

Germany’s economy will struggle to grow this year

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GERMANY

GDP appears to have remained flat, quarter-on-quarter, in January-March, while there was a significant fall in industrial production in March and in investor confidence over the…

Oversupplied platinum faces uncertain future

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INTERNATIONAL

Prices have moved within a relatively tight trading range of USD800-1,050 per ounce in recent years, moving above this briefly in 2021 and again in the wake of Russia’s invasion…

Ukraine can expect negligible growth at best

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UKRAINE

Ukraine's economic prospects in 2016.

Modest Brazil Q3 growth shows longer-term constraints

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BRAZIL

BRAZIL: Modest Q3 growth shows longer-term constraints

Corporate troubles will hit South Korea's exports

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SOUTH KOREA

SOUTH KOREA: Corporate troubles will hit exports

Union rift to spur realignment of South African labour

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SOUTH AFRICA

On March 31, COSATU expelled former Secretary-General Zwelinzima Vavi -- ostensibly for "misconduct". The move exposes deep rifts within the labour movement, which make an easy…

Myanmar’s garment sector will struggle to endure

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MYANMAR

Myanmar's garment industry.