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1 – 10 of 160This followed the first-ever Korea-Africa summit, where critical minerals loomed large; President Yoon Suk-yeol’s visits to three resource-rich Central Asian states; and Seoul’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289067
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Fortune 500 is a list of the top US companies according to publicly available data, published each year since 1955. The South-east Asia list is the latest in a handful of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288204
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Issues such as soaring inflation, currency depreciation and debt repayment problems are having a major impact on the economy. The World Bank estimates that GDP grew by 3.7% in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287447
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A key driving factor was soaring government consumption ahead of the February general election, which included the race to succeed Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo as president, won by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287205
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PHILIPPINES: Geopolitics will impact nickel ambitions
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286968
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Chinese exports grew by 7.1% year-on-year in US dollar terms, while imports expanded by 3.5%. The trade gap narrowed to USD39.7bn in February. Export growth was buoyed by rapid…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286287
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CHINA: Washington ties will remain tense
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES283243
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The firms aim to extract gold, lead, zinc, iron ore and copper across several Afghan provinces. Earlier this year, Afghanistan agreed a major contract relating to oil extraction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282083
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US efforts to renegotiate NAFTA were already tense, but this round of talks comes after Canada filed a wide-ranging complaint at the WTO over US trade practices. Meanwhile, the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229297
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This drop has taken oil into its second bear market in the space of just over a year amid a broader rout in the prices of commodities, notably copper and gold. The commodity…