South Africa and China Expand Energy Partnership
BEIJING, China – South Africa has presented China with one of the developing world’s largest energy-investment programs: more than R2.2 trillion …
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EU Seeks Auto Alliance to Counter China
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union is exploring an automotive partnership with Britain, Japan and South Korea that would combine …
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How a German Gummy Bear Won Asia
SEOUL, South Korea — On shelves across South Korea, Japan, Singapore, China and Thailand, Haribo no longer looks especially foreign. …
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EU Packaging Rules Raise Trade Barriers
BERLIN, Germany — When the European Union’s new packaging regulation became applicable on Aug. 12, some small German merchants responded …
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Indonesia’s Economy at a Political Crossroads
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The discovery had all the elements of a national morality play: seven suitcases, 74 kilograms of gold …
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