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UK service sector optimism grows to highest level since 2006

Phillip Inman | The Guardian | 03/03/2021

Optimism across the services sector improved for the fourth consecutive month in February to its highest level since 2006, reflecting hopes that the Covid-19 vaccine rollout will lead to a…

Germany to Make Firms Responsible for Policing Abuses by Global Suppliers

Petra Sorge and William Boston | Wall Street Journal | 03/03/2021

BERLIN—Germany is set...

Without Backpackers to Pick Them, Crops Rot by the Ton in Australia

Yan Zhuang | The New York Times | 03/03/2021

SHEPPARTON, Australia — Peter Hall ran a hand ove...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: WTO members must intensify co-operation

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | FT | 03/02/2021

On Monday I became the first woman and the first African to lea...

US will use ‘all available tools’ to tackle China on trade, make human rights issues a priority

Wendy Wu | SCMP | 03/02/2021

The USTR said China’s unfair trad...

Goodbye gas: Volvo to make only electric vehicles by 2030

MATT OTT | AP | 03/02/2021

Volvo says it will make only electric vehicles by 2030. But if you want one, ...

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