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China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime
China will offer the Taliban tariff-free access to its vast construction, energy and consumer sectors, Beijing’s envoy to Afghanistan said on Thursday.5 hours ago - China -
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Hasbro and Mattel are relatively insulated from China tariffs. They would still hurt.
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The Taliban say they are investigating reports of Afghan casualties on the Iran border
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Intel faces headwinds in China as trade body calls for security probe
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China Considering Higher Tariffs on Car Imports
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Intel faces headwinds in China as trade body calls for security probe
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Wealthy non-doms lobby UK for Italian-style tax regime
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Taliban-run media stops showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces
A Taliban official says official media have stopped showing images of living beings in some Afghan provinces to comply with morality lawsOctober 15 - Afghanistan -
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Paris Motor Show opens during a brewing EV trade war between the EU and China
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New cervical cancer treatment regime ‘cuts risk of dying from disease by 40%’
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Oil prices lose 2% after China offers little detail on stimulus plans
Oil futures ended lower Monday to give back all of last week’s gains and then some, after a weekend announcement by Chinese authorities failed to provide details on a stimulus plan sufficient to ...October 14 - China -
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State of the Race: A Close Race Gets Closer
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