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The Xi-Trump talks: was anything achieved?
The talks between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump were important and timely though the mood music was subdued. Expectations were low and were, if anything, underachieved with little more than a few gestures of commercial goodwill. Former British minister for Business, Skills and Innovation Vince Cable reports.
Bisinomics
India is the world’s third-largest importer of oil. It faces a ballooning economic challenge because of the sharp increase in energy prices and an uncomfortably low level of reserves caused by reduced supplies from the Persian Gulf following the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Bisinomics
Post-war reconstruction is in the minds of Arab partners of the United States, who were collateral casualties in the hostilities between the US-Israel alliance and Iran. Indeed, Saudi Arabia, among others, pressed Washington to return to the negotiating table, as The Wall Street Journal revealed.
Big Tech’s seatbelt moment
As lawsuits mount and governments move towards tougher safeguards, the question is no longer only what appears on the screen, but why the screen was built to behave that way in the first place. Sham Banerji reports that a new regulatory phase may be opening for social media and AI.
Bisinomics
The United States’ military operation in Venezuela, culminating in the abduction and rendition to New York of its president, Nicolas Maduro, is potentially an economic blow to China. Chinese credit to the South American country amounts to around US$10 billion. The South China Morning Post, quoting analysts, reported that Caracas could challenge the very legitimacy of the debts.
The Elements of Power — or Magnet Wars
Rare-earths appear to be a mining story. In reality, seventeen obscure elements in the periodic table, known as rare-earths, sit at the centre of global industrial rivalry. Technologies ranging from electric vehicles and wind turbines to fighter jets and semiconductor lithography machines are critically dependent on them, as Sham Banerji reports.
From beer baron to real baron – an interview with Lord Bilimoria
India-born Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, has spent his career promoting links between Britain and India. A former chancellor of the University of Birmingham and now a member of Britain's House of Lords, he spoke to Nicholas Nugent about business, politics and the UK–India relationship.
The Asian Superpowers
Are Asia’s superpowers setting the future global economic agenda? Vince Cable, a Liberal Democrat MP and UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the coalition government under David Cameron’s premiership, reports.
Who will win the AI ‘Cold War’ between the USA and China?
The rivalry between the United States and China for superiority in Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is so intense that it deserves to be regarded as a war, albeit a technological war, that has the potential to determine where global power lies in the second quarter of the twenty-first century.
Bisinomics
It’s the Year of the Fire Horse as the Chinese New Year celebrations commenced on 17 February. It is said to usher vibrant energy, adventure and transformation after the Year of the Snake, which was introspective.
Bisinomics
The United States’ military operation in Venezuela, culminating in the abduction and rendition to New York of its president, Nicolas Maduro, is potentially an economic blow to China. Chinese credit to the South American country amounts to around US$10 billion. The South China Morning Post, quoting analysts, reported that Caracas could challenge the very legitimacy of the debts.
From TI to AI: India’s semiconductor journey
This month (February) New Delhi hosts the AI Impact Summit, a flagship global conference on artificial intelligence, recognition that India is in the top league of AI. Sham Banerji tells of its journey towards this milestone.
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