News from Around the World
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Brexit timeline: key dates in UK’s divorce with EUBritain is nearing the final straight of Brexit. At 11pm local time on March 29 2019, the UK is scheduled to leave the bloc. But still to be decided is what precisely will happen on Brexit day, what kind of deal, if any, Britain will leave with, and the final destination of the negotiations. With less than six months to go, the Financial Times sets out the chief way stations on the road to Brexit and beyond. |
Tue, Oct 2, 2018 |
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Brexit Vote: Parliament to Decide on E.U. Withdrawal PlanFor Britain, the big vote is finally here. After two and a half years of negotiation, argument, predictions and posturing, Parliament will finally decide on Tuesday on a bill that dictates the terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union, one of the most closely watched votes the lawmakers are likely to cast in their careers. |
Tue, Jan 15, 2019 |
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Brexit: Theresa May vows to stand down if deal is passedTheresa May has promised Tory MPs she will quit if they back her Brexit deal. |
Thu, Mar 28, 2019 |
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Calls for stronger accountability after IFC Supreme Court rulingLONDON — The U.S. Supreme Court decision that the World Bank does not have absolute immunity from prosecution is unlikely to trigger a flood of lawsuits but it could bolster calls for the institution to strengthen its internal accountability mechanisms, international lawyers said. |
Mon, Mar 4, 2019 |
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Can China’s Agricultural Transformation Offer Lessons for Africa?When 200m farmers are responsible for feeding the entire population of China, any chance of halving hunger levels relies on helping these smallholders become more productive and, in the long term, more efficient. This is precisely what China is doing, and the results have spared 155m people from hunger and malnutrition since 1990, accounting for two-thirds of the global fall in hunger levels. |
Wed, Oct 24, 2018 |
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Can Nafta Be Saved? These Two Negotiators Are Trying.WASHINGTON — One is a Rhodes scholar, a globe-trotting former journalist and, perhaps one day, a Canadian prime minister. The other is a veteran Republican lawyer who toiled as a congressional staff aide, represented the steel industry and has been cutting trade deals in Washington since the Reagan administration. |
Fri, Sep 21, 2018 |
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Chilling Davos: A Bleak Warning on Global Division and DebtDAVOS, Switzerland — As business and political leaders arrive in the Swiss Alps for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, a surprisingly alarming letter from an influential investor who studiously eschews attention has already emerged as a talking point. The letter, written by Seth A. Klarman, a billionaire investor known for his sober and meticulous analysis of the investing world, is a huge red flag about global social tensions, rising debt levels and receding American leadership. |
Tue, Jan 22, 2019 |
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China Aims to Placate U.S. With Law Banning Theft of Foreign Trade SecretsBEIJING—China made last-minute changes to a proposed foreign-investment law, trying to address U.S. complaints about forced technology transfer and bolster a compromise seen as crucial to striking a trade deal with Washington. |
Thu, Mar 14, 2019 |
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China asks WTO to impose $2.4 billion in penalties against U.S.BERLIN (AP) — China is asking the World Trade Organization for the right to impose $2.4 billion in annual penalties on the United States in a case over Chinese subsidies dating back years. A document published Monday showed China has called for the matter to be considered by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body next Monday. The matter would be referred to a WTO arbitrator if the U.S. objects to the amount China proposes. |
Tue, Oct 22, 2019 |
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China emerges as powerbroker in global climate talksAs nations jockey for position ahead of next month’s UN climate talks, the most significant of its kind since the Paris accord was sealed three years ago, negotiators are beating a path in a new direction: to Beijing. China has emerged as the powerbroker in global climate talks, helping fill a leadership vacuum created by President Donald Trump’s decision last year to pull the US out of the international agreement. |
Fri, Nov 16, 2018 |