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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

Emerging cities to shape the future of global business

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INTERNATIONAL

Specific hub cities will dominate business in emerging markets, though the strengths and opportunities they offer differ

Global debts will be costlier to pay off in 2017-18

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INT

The IMF Financial Stability Report urges policymakers to tackle debts that stand at a record high 225% of world GDP

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

The pandemic has worsened global cooperation prospects

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INT

Economic stagnation and employment or livelihood crises are most feared by executives surveyed worldwide

Coronavirus makes for precarious politics in East Asia

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EAST ASIA

The effects of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak will be felt much further than the disease's actual spread

UK cost of living crisis will cloud the 2020s outlook

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UNITED KINGDOM

Higher living costs will erode consumer spending and living standards over the medium term

Patent protectionism could impede innovation globally

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INT

Amid US-China tensions, China has ruled that most iPhones breach patents and must be banned

Lone US Fed dove raises concerns about orderly QE exit

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INTERNATIONAL

At the Federal Reserve meeting, Neel Kashkari voted no change and raised concern about the quantitative easing exit

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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INT

Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow