Egypt's struggling factories fight for survival

Around 11,000 factories nationwide are now classified as "distressed". Their survival hinges on swift and targeted intervention, which the government is attempting to do.

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Trump's Trade War Escalates

[caption id="attachment_55256797" align="alignnone" width="940"] A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong based CSCL East China Sea container ship at the Port of Oakland on June 20,…

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The Crisis of Currency Rates in Iran

[caption id="attachment_55256302" align="alignnone" width="940"] An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 8, 2018. (Getty Images)[…

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Taiwan Battles a Brain Drain

[caption id="attachment_55256284" align="alignnone" width="940"] Taiwanese high school graduates, wearing headbands reading "Victory", boost their morals in their crammed classroom in Taipei, 27 June…

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Is a Trade War the Only Option?

President Donald Trump’s forays into trade war statecraft—his embrace of steel and aluminum tariffs, and his soon to be revealed tariffs on Chinese products in response to alleged intellectual…

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Trump’s Tariffs Strategy

[caption id="attachment_55255847" align="alignnone" width="594"] U.S. President Donald Trump signs a proclamation on adjusting imports of steel into the United States next to steel and aluminum…

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How to Crack Down on Tax Havens

[caption id="attachment_55255779" align="alignnone" width="4256"] A logo of UBS swiss bank and swiss flag view through a window in Zurich on October 1, 2009. Switzerland's stock exchange is…

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Foreign Aid: Good, Bad, or a Bit of Both?

[caption id="attachment_55255667" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] A young boy rests by empty USAID vegetable oil tins in the Dagahaley refugee camp which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee…

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