Sweden's 'feminist' foreign policy risks billions in exports
Stockholm
SWEDEN'S new "feminist" foreign policy is winning the country praise for standing up for human rights. It could also end up costing exporters in the largest Nordic economy billions of kronor in lost sales.
After pledging to make women's rights the cornerstone of its foreign policy, the new Social Democrat-led government now finds itself in a crisis with Saudi Arabia and the Arab League after cancelling a decade-old military cooperation agreement.
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