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Global Enterprise

Trump tariffs seen fostering new China-Global South trade order

The only thing that could push these diverse nations together is if the US makes a real effort to present itself to them as a shared target. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Trump apparently wants to do.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

The developing world’s G7 would like a word

A factory worker in Hanoi. Vietnam is identifying opportunities to explore and embed AI to amplify the impact of crucial industries, such as manufacturing.
Opinion & Features

Ensuring AI works for the Global South

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session in the outreach/BRICS Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP)
Opinion & Features

Why Brics will not become the new fulcrum of world politics

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would support global development with eight actions, including building a “high quality” Belt and Road Initiative, his signature foreign policy plan that directs large Chinese investments to infrastructure projects in the developing world.
Global Enterprise

China’s Xi announces steps to support ‘Global South’ at G20 summit

The annual Brics Summit was hosted in the Russian city of Kazan this year, under President Vladimir Putin's helm.
ASEAN Business
BT EXPLAINS

Brics: What you need to know about the bloc

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation is Beijing’s main vehicle for managing its relationships in Africa.
International

China’s premier signals country is open to African business

To balance out its current account surplus, Beijing has to invest more overseas, traditionally by buying US Treasury bonds. Of late it has shifted toward direct ownership of businesses.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

China needs a green Marshall Plan for the Global South

Delegates at a panel discussion on the topic of "BRICS Rising Influence in the Multipolar International Order" at the Doha Forum in the Qatari capital on Dec 10, 2023.
Opinion & Features

Economics takes back seat in rise of ‘Global South’

From left: President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the 2023 Brics summit in Johannesburg.
Opinion & Features

What is the Global South?

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