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• A crumbling system of trade rules awaits Trump’s wrecking ball

  14-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  The new administration confronts a WTO already undermined by long-standing US disapproval
  
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• Q&A: Experts answered your questions on trade and markets in the Trump era

  14-11-2024 18:09 via ft.com
  
  FT journalists responded to readers’ queries on how the global economy might change under the incoming president
  
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• Live Q&A: How will a Trump presidency transform global trade and financial markets?

  14-11-2024 16:00 via ft.com
  
  Ask questions to FT journalists about the economic direction of travel under the incoming president
  
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• Disney-Reliance Indian media giant says TV ‘is not dead’ following $8.5bn merger

  14-11-2024 15:58 via ft.com
  
  Head of newly formed Jio Star says traditional linear format is still important in the country during streaming era
  
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• Sri Lankan leader seeks big majority in snap election

  14-11-2024 14:08 via bbc.com
  
  President Dissanayake wants to push through reforms to help the nation recover from a debt crisis.
  
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• China borrows almost as cheaply as US in return to dollar bond market

  14-11-2024 13:55 via ft.com
  
  Investors place nearly $40bn of orders to buy $2bn of bonds issued by China’s finance ministry
  
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• UK must offer Trump concessions on China to avoid tariffs says senior MP

  14-11-2024 13:43 via ft.com
  
  Labour’s Liam Byrne argues government needs to address US concerns about economic security
  
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• 'I missed you very much': China's social media darling returns

  14-11-2024 11:47 via bbc.com
  
  Li Ziqi is famous for idyllic videos of her life with her grandmother in rural China.
  
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• Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty

  14-11-2024 10:15 via bbc.com
  
  The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to redefine the principles that have been used in support of Māori.
  
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• Insults and a haka in New Zealand parliament as MPs debate Māori rights bill

  14-11-2024 09:33
  
  Voting temporarily suspended amid disruptions including a Māori party MP ripping up a copy of the billNew Zealand’s parliament has erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way New Zealand’s treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted.The treaty principles bill was tabled by the libertarian Act party – a minor partner in New Zealand’s coalition government – and passed its fir
  
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• Moment MP leads haka to disrupt New Zealand parliament

  14-11-2024 09:17 via bbc.com
  
  Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led the haka and ripped up a copy of a contentious bill being voted on.
  
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• Pop hit APT too distracting for S Korea's exam-stressed students

  14-11-2024 08:43 via bbc.com
  
  A yearly blanket of silence has once again enveloped South Korea, as half a million students sit for the most important test of their lives.
  
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• Knife attack on India doctor renews safety fears

  14-11-2024 08:25 via bbc.com
  
  A doctor in Chennai was stabbed several times by a man who was reportedly unhappy with his mother's treatment.
  
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• Families reunite with bodies of missing British soldiers 70 years on

  14-11-2024 06:50 via bbc.com
  
  The four men had been in unmarked graves after they were killed in the Korean War.
  
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• Insults, anger and a haka in New Zealand parliament as MPs debate bill on Māori rights

  14-11-2024 06:49
  
  Voting temporarily suspended amid disruptions including a Maori party MPripping up a copy of the billNew Zealand’s parliament erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way New Zealand’s treaty between Māori and the Crown is interpreted.The treaty principles bill was tabled by the libertarian Act party – a minor partner in New Zealand’s coalition government – and passed its first reading
  
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• Canadian indigenous groups seek deals with China despite security fears

  14-11-2024 06:01 via ft.com
  
  New land rights allow communities to circumvent Ottawa’s suspicions of Beijing
  
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• The ideology behind Xi Jinping’s China

  14-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  How Marxist-Leninist theory still shapes policy in Beijing
  
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• The eerie quietness of India’s new financial hotspot

  14-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  Narendra Modi’s GIFT City has already lured JPMorgan and HSBC but the social side has been slow to catch up
  
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• Singapore sets out AI’s role in retooling the city-state’s economy

  14-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  Josephine Teo, digital development minister, explains how the country is addressing the technology’s promise and risks
  
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• MUFG chief says Japanese lender on track to become one of world’s biggest banks

  14-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  Hironori Kamezawa says Japan’s normalisation of monetary policy expected to benefit lenders
  
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• Inside Goldman Sachs’ years-long power struggle over its China venture

  14-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  
  A deal with a prominent Chinese banker gave the US group market access, but securing full control cost a lot more than it expected
  
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• China has trapped the tiger of AstraZeneca’s growth

  14-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  The UK pharmaceutical company needs to resolve a corruption crackdown affecting senior executives
  
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• China arms itself for potential trade war with Trump

  14-11-2024 04:03 via ft.com
  
  Beijing has enacted sweeping laws since US president-elect’s first term that would allow it to retaliate if threatened
  
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• Pint-sized crustacean named after New Zealand brewery to boost interest in marine life

  14-11-2024 02:36
  
  Tiny isopod is dubbed Pentaceration forkandbrewer in push to engage community with climate-threatened life in local watersNew Zealand scientists have named a tiny snowflake-like crustacean after a Wellington brewery, in an attempt to boost the public’s interest in local marine life.The roughly 1.5mm marine isopod was found in the silty depths off New Zealand’s southern east coast. It helps decompose organic material that drifts to the seabed. Continue reading...
  
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• Menopause, the other menstrual taboo for Indian women

  14-11-2024 02:02 via bbc.com
  
  In India, where conversation on menstruation is still taboo, menopause awareness is far behind.
  
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• Best Employers: Asia-Pacific

  14-11-2024 02:02 via ft.com
  Which companies do people most like working for in Asia-Pacific? The FT and Statista surveyed 50,000 employees to find out. Plus: long hours in Japan; caste and corporate India; China’s robot revolution; stressed-out South Korea; Australia’s costly childcare
  
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• South Korea starts to raise game on workplace mental health

  14-11-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  
  In-house counselling is becoming more common, but the country’s high-pressure corporate culture persists
  
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• ‘Robot revolution’ forces China’s human workforce to adapt

  14-11-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  
  Factory machinery is evolving fast. Can the workers who will use it keep up?
  
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• High childcare costs pose challenge for Australian business

  14-11-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  
  Despite government subsidies, the expense is pushing many women out of the workforce
  
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• Curbs on long hours spur Japanese companies to tackle productivity

  14-11-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  
  The government’s campaign against overwork could have far-reaching consequences for businesses and consumers
  
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