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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s controversial trade deal may look like a surrender to U.S. President Donald Trump, but it could be a calculated play in a surreal game of bluff, designed to keep Europe afloat — and Trump distracted.
Cedar trees across Mongolia bear the wounds of an illegal market for their prized nuts.
In Uganda, people grow coffee to export but rarely consume it themselves. Now a push to dispel myths about the beverage and introduce new ways to use the beans is changing that.
The customs border between the UK and the EU is back, with new rules and regulations, an influx of hastily trained agents, and a technology overhaul.
It’s no secret that Brazil’s ultra-conservative leader and the incoming president of Argentina have deeply divergent political leanings.
Five Argentine design studios are using ‘collaborative association,’ a format that eliminates competition among members, in order to export products and promote the ‘Argentine brand,’ Clarín reports.
The country faces dramatic debt levels among small-scale coffee farmers, as prices fall on world markets. Some have suggested a fixed minimum price for this key Colombian export.
Business models are changing, but Chinese presence in Italy’s business world remains high.
Egypt’s Zohr gas field is the largest ever natural gas find in the Mediterranean. But reshaping the global energy balance of power must factor in other equations.
-Analysis- BUENOS AIRES — Argentines are surprised when they hear Europeans are worried the dollar is becoming cheaper. But there’s reason for it. Cheaper dollars mean that foreign products will flood the old continent, which, of course, is good for importers. In Argentina, most people believe that a strong peso is better than a weak […]
CHONGQING — Every day since 2014, a train leaves from the western German city of Duisburg. It winds its way across Europe and Asia to finally reach Chongqing, a megalopolis of 28 million inhabitants in southwestern China. Huge cranes there extract gigantic matchbox-like containers from the train. BMW cars made in Germany are taken from […]
Things are getting nasty between Russia and bordering countries Belarus and Ukraine. And then there’s the Syrian factor.