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Canada Strikes Tariffs Deal With China, as Carney Looks to Diversify From U.S.
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New York Times
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China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.
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Australia’s confidence in Trump’s US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture?
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The Guardian
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The superpower still plays a critical role in the Pacific, but there will be no going back to the liberal world order even after this presidential term ends, analysts agree
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Perched high above Canberra stands a stylised American eagle statue on a towering column.
Colloquially derided as the Phallus in Blunderland or the Chicken on a Stick, the Australian-American Memorial was paid for by mid-century Australians “to commemorate the service and sacrifice of American men...
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China and Canada announce tariffs relief after a high-stakes meeting between Carney and Xi
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BBC News
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Canola oil and electric cars are at the centre of the deal agreed by Mark Carney and Xi Jinping after years of strained ties.
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Canada PM hails strategic partnership with China to adapt to ‘new global realities’
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The Guardian
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Mark Carney holds talks with Xi Jinping on rare Beijing trip as Canada seeks to diversify trade links away from US
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China as he held talks in Beijing with President , the first visit by a Canadian leader in eight years.
Addressing Xi in the Great Hall of the People, Carney said: “Together we can build on the best of what this relationship has been in the past to create a new one adapted to new...
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Chinese Scale, American Insularity: How Both Pipelines Fail Global Leadership
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Bing
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China and America both produce leaders unprepared for global complexity. Neither system develops the cross-cultural capability Belt and Road and global business demand.
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‘If you’re flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know’: how China turned rain into an asset
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The Guardian
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Architects and designers have recycled ancient practice of collecting rainwater to make buildings ecologically friendly
When the legendary Taiwanese rock band Mayday were due to perform in Beijing one evening in May 2023, some fans were worried that the rainy weather could affect the show. Mayday were taking to the stage in , also known as the Bird’s Nest, built for the 2008 Olympics. Like the real-life twig piles that give the building its nickname, the stadium is built with an intricate...
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Chinese woman's plea for help killing pigs draws thousands to her village
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BBC News
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The woman appealed for help after realising her father could not slaughter the pigs for a village feast alone.
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The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
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The Guardian
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Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered
In late January 2025, 10 days after Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, an economic conference in Brussels brought together several officials from the recently deposed Biden administration for a discussion about the global economy. In Washington, Trump and his...
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China’s ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ Thinks Time Is on His Side
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New York Times
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He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for researchers who push boundaries.
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Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests
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The Guardian
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Exclusive: US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies feel ever more distant, results show
A year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey suggests much of the world believes his nation-first, “Make America Great Again” approach is instead helping to make China great again.
The thinktank also found that under Trump, the US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies – particularly in Europe – feel ever more...
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