International

  • May 24, 2019
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Slower online sales will weaken UK consumption

UK retail sales were flat month-on-month in April but clothing boosting the annual figure, helped by the warmer weather

United Kingdom
  • May 24, 2019
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Trump’s Huawei comment will perplex major capitals

The US government has banned Huawei from 5G and imposed trade restrictions on Chinese tech firms

International
  • May 24, 2019
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Chinese, Western surveillance tech exports will differ

Chinese and Western firms want to capture the growing global demand for surveillance/security technology

International
  • May 23, 2019
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Huawei restrictions upset global telecoms supply chain

US trade restrictions on Huawei and national-level bans on its 5G participation are reverberating worldwide

International
  • May 23, 2019
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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

International
  • May 22, 2019
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Differing demographic trends create chances and tests

Demographic trends will increasingly influence a country’s potential growth and the policy mix it requires

International
  • May 21, 2019
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New study confirms shifts in electoral manipulation

Oxford has released a new study based on 584,062 election-linked tweets in seven languages posted in April

International
  • May 21, 2019
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China will be suspicious of OECD’s AI guidelines

The position of major Western governments on artificial intelligence technologies is converging

International