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This week in ESG: GIC tightens integration of sustainability and investment teams; AirTrunk obtains US$2.3 billion green loan for Johor data centre

It is not clear whether there has been a serious change of heart about the trade underpinning the stock market

Beijing’s US$412.9 billion trade surplus with the bloc is unsustainable

In a ‘minus two’ world, intra-regional trade can keep economies strong

Can Beijing compete in a prolonged tech and geopolitical rivalry while accepting slower growth?

Cheaper Chinese open-weight models may just need to prove themselves good enough for businesses to adopt

The Republic still has an edge – it just needs to make that clear

Younger workers, foreseeing the fall of horse-drawn carriages, began to shun the job, creating expected obsolescence

Fresh tariffs resulting from the US’ forced labour investigations reveal a troubling direction of travel