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With or without the US, TPP shouldn’t stop

The 11 governments that appear to have saved the Trans-Pacific Partnership deserve credit for persevering after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from their ambitious free-trade pact. They’ll deserve even more praise if they resolve to take the agreement further. South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines aren’t yet members — but all have expressed interest in taking part. ...

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Why India needs to give its citizens the tools to succeed

If India is to live up the expectations of its own people and become a successful middle-income country in a few decades, the country has multiple problems to solve—its sclerotic politics, its clogged infrastructure, its choked judicial system, its lack of investable capital, its interfering and inefficient state. But perhaps the greatest hurdle is its poor stock of human capital. ...

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Foxconn needs its X factor

We’ve all heard that Apple Inc.’s iPhone X has been difficult to make. Add to that one word: the iPhone X is difficult to make profitably. Chief assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. just reported iPhone-quarter earnings that missed estimates. What’s more, third-quarter gross and operating margins were the worst in at least eight years. Apple’s late release of the ...

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