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Iran’s Opening, China’s Consuming and Safe Mexico

In a week that again saw markets more wobbly than a Peyton Manning pass, caught us picking up stray Mardi Gras beads while dreaming of Kermit Ruffins and surprised us when we ran into both Adam Sandler and Jeff Bezos in a bar in Seattle, we still kept our laser focus on the possible promising […]

Top Protectionist Countries, AI Go and China in Africa

This week at International Need to Know while political eyes shift from one state’s corn fields to another’s granite quarries, we focus on the world’s largest protectionists, computers playing ancient board games and one possible cause of slowing growth in Africa. Welcome to this week’s edition of International Need to Know, your go-to place for understanding this […]

The Wandering Yuan, Largest Employers and China’s Trade Partners

This week at International Need to Know as we mourn the death of a pioneer in artificial intelligence*, Fish and all non-Golden State Warrior teams in the NBA, we also examine just how much the Yuan has devalued, who are the largest employers in the world and the extent of China’s dominance as a trade partner. Welcome to this week’s edition […]