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World Bank, China looking at co-financing African projects

Bloomberg The World Bank and China have held talks on how they can finance projects in Africa together, the lender’s vice president for the continent said. “We think it’s a good thing the continent has different sources of financing,” Hafez Ghanem said in an interview in Abidjan. “In my discussions with the Chinese authorities, we were looking at how we ...

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China-US trade war will escalate: US ex-negotiator

Bloomberg The trade dispute between the US and China will continue for the foreseeable future and escalate, and is going to be painful for Americans, according to a former US trade negotiator. “For the foreseeable future, we’re going to be in a tariff world and we’ll see escalation,” said Asia Society Vice President Wendy Cutler, formerly a negotiator at the ...

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‘No-deal Brexit could cost consumers $7bn in car tariffs’

Bloomberg A so-called Brexit without a trade deal between the UK and the European Union could cost the car industry and consumers at least $6.7 billion a year in vehicle tariffs, according to a report by a British industry group. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said the estimate is based on levies of 10 percent on cars exports ...

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