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Risks outweigh rewards for very large EU bank mergers
The failed talks between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank highlight both the perils and promise of combining
InternationalOdds are stacking against Huawei in Canada
The Trudeau administration is weighing China’s economic links against growing US pressure on security grounds
CanadaDiffering demographic trends create chances and tests
Demographic trends will increasingly influence a country’s potential growth and the policy mix it requires
InternationalEurope's national regulators hold key to GDPR success
The first year of the GDPR has proved less transformative than anticipated, raising expectations for its second year
EuropeSecuring new non-China rare earths will be challenging
The world relies on China's rare earths, sparing them from US tariffs, but efforts to lessen the dependence are halting
InternationalElection meddling will take new insidious forms
Social media efforts to prevent foreign election interference may already be obsolete
InternationalUS-China trade deal and tariff removal will recede
The escalation in the US-China tariffs and the risk of more will make the talks increasingly tense and tricky to resolve
ChinaWeak GDP may delay policymakers’ ‘Industry 4.0’ plans
Lower capital spending by manufacturers in the current economic slowdown may hold back industrial transformation
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