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  • Can Canada Depend on Deepening Relations with China?

    Canada and China have recently hit the reset button on relations and trade amid escalating U.S. tariffs under the presidency of Donald Trump. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently became the first Canadian leader in nearly eight years to conduct an official state visit to China. During that visit, the prime minister was able to…

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  • New Turkic Trade Corridor Led by Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is pushing for the creation of a Turkic trade corridor that would connect Central Asia’s resource-rich regions to Western markets. According to the Azerbaijani leader, Turkic-based states should work in 2026 to increase coordination and cooperation alongside trade. He further stated that there should also be a focus on developing a…

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  • Canada Seeks Alternative For Trade

    Donald Trump’s protectionist policies in regard to global trade relations have brought disruption to the United States’ traditional trade partners. Most notably, Canada, for which the United States has long been the most important trade partner due to geographic proximity and shared cultural heritage, has been affected. However, due to ongoing trade disputes between the…

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  • US to Issue Tariffs Over Greenland

    The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has continued his program of acquiring Greenland, and he intends to impose tariffs on trading partners that oppose this action. In recent weeks, Trump has stated that he would impose tariffs on countries if they do not back his intention to acquire Greenland. The U.S. president has stressed that the…

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  • Potential Snap General Election in Japan

    Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, is set to call a snap general election. According to experts and political insiders, Takaichi is seeking to convert her high public approval rating into a parliamentary majority for her ruling Liberal Democratic Party. According to colleagues and political analysts, she intends to dissolve parliament shortly after it convenes…

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  • Russian Agriculture Sector Thrives

    For the last four years, Russia has been engaged in conflict with Ukraine and has faced international sanctions; however, its agricultural sector has seen rapid growth. Russia’s agricultural sector has become a major source of revenue as traditional oil revenues have fallen. The output of Russia’s agricultural sector has set new export records and has…

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  • German Agriculture Trouble

    Recently, German farmers have been sending their complaints to the government about price pressure that has been imposed by retailers. Farmers have also stated their fears related to the EU–Mercosur agreement and its potential effect on German agriculture. According to an economic study focusing on the agricultural industry in Germany, small- and medium-sized farms are…

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  • Former South Korean President Faces Charges

    In South Korea, former President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing trial for igniting an insurrection in an attempt to gain executive control over the government. A court has sentenced him to five years in prison, which is only the first verdict from a total of eight criminal trials that he will face. The former President…

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  • Iran Instability and the Oil Market

    Industry specialists and analysts around the world have been keenly watching the oil market in relation to the situation that took place in Venezuela, where the U.S. intervened and removed the former leader, Maduro. The intervention by the U.S. was not just about removing Maduro but also about oil and control over the country’s oil…

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  • How EU-Russia Trade Collapsed Under the Weight of Geopolitics

    Economic Interdependence For more than two decades, trade between the European Union and Russia could be presented as a textbook example of economic interdependence. The European Union was the largest importer of Russia’s energy exports and natural resources such as oil and gas, growing dependent on these essential imports to power European industry and deliver…

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