Tag: external payments

6Aug By adminNo Comments

World

Rising Money Flows, Fueled by Record Migration, Prop Up Autocrats

Remittances to the developing world hit record $647 billion, aiding the poor but helping keep strongmen from Nicaragua to Tajikistan in powerAfrican migrants recently sailed in a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe. Joan Mateu Parra/Associated Press

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5Aug By adminNo Comments

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U.S. Warns of Trade Fight Over Canada's Digital Tax

Canada plans to impose a digital-services tax at the start of 2024, even as other countries agree to delay global tech tax accord until 2025.

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5Aug By adminNo Comments

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Ukrainian Sea Drones Attack Russian Oil Tanker in Black Sea

The strike on a vessel working for Moscow’s military could bring the war into a new phase that threatens Russia’s vital shipping lanes.

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3Aug By adminNo Comments

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Germany Exports Remain Sluggish as Trade Surplus Grows

German exports rose just 0.1% on month in June, though the country’s trade balance was boosted by even weaker imports, suggesting increasingly squeezed demand.

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27Jul By adminNo Comments

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North Korea Celebrates Major Holiday with Special Guests From China and Russia

Pyongyang is expected to hold a large military parade, with the first foreign delegations allowed in the country since the pandemic.

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27Jul By adminNo Comments

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In Need of Allies, Putin Courts African Leaders in St. Petersburg

The Wagner mutiny and Russia’s withdrawal from the Ukraine grain deal will loom over this week’s summit with dozens of African nations.

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22Jul By adminNo Comments

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Russia's central bank raised its key interest rate for the first time since shortly after the invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s central bank raised its key interest rate for the first time since shortly after the invasion of Ukraine.

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18Jul By adminNo Comments

Health

Tin-Foil Logic for Tin-Mill Tariffs

Will Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo punish all Americans to help Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown?

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8Jul By adminNo Comments

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NATO's New Focus on China Creates Internal Tension About Mission Creep

For NATO, strengthening ties with Asia-Pacific nations suggest an expanded role—one that critics call mission creep and China sees as a threat.

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3Jul By adminNo Comments

Technology

China Restricts Exports of Two Minerals Used in High-Performance Chips

Industry executives see Beijing’s export ban on gallium and germanium as retaliation over chip curbs by the U.S. and others.

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