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TAIPEI, Taiwan, 13 October 2026 — The United States has condemned China’s sanctions against senior officials from Belize and Paraguay over their countries’ diplomatic relations with Taiwan, intensifying a dispute that links Beijing’s efforts to isolate the island with Washington’s wider strategic interests in the Western Hemisphere.
Read the source ↗Africa's industrialisation story is entering a more consequential phase. For decades, industrial policy across much of the continent focused primarily on import substitution—reducing dependence on imported goods through domestic production. While that objective remains important, a new generation of African manufacturers is increasingly competing on a larger stage: supplying regional markets under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), integrating into global supply chains, and producing higher-value manufactured exports.
Read the source ↗21 July — Renewed dialogue between the United States and China on artificial intelligence is being closely watched by governments, technology companies and investors as policymakers seek to establish greater cooperation on one of the world's most strategically important technologies.
Read the source ↗The World Bank plans to increase its critical minerals financing fivefold over five years, setting out an expanded role for the development lender as governments seek more resilient supply chains and greater domestic economic value from mineral resources.
Read the source ↗Africa is entering a more fragmented global trading environment in which tariffs, geopolitical rivalries, shipping disruptions and competing trade alliances are changing the economics of where companies produce, source and sell.
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