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				<title>The passport to global success: How to get a stamp of approval anywhere in the world</title>
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				<title>What your geopolitical briefings are missing</title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett, Johannes Fritz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>China’s primacy challenge: Government security imperatives override business logic</title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach, Huda Al Hashimi</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Geopolitics dominates Davos: Values-based pragmatism as a blueprint for action</title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach, Julia Binder, Arturo Bris, Frédéric Dalsace, Simon J. Evenett, Florian Hoos , Jennifer Jordan, Sara Ratti, Karl Schmedders, Sarah E. Toms, Ginka Toegel</dc:creator>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>What geopolitical maturity looks like – and why it pays off</title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Hapag Lloyd CEO: What does resilience look like when trade routes break?</title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach, Felix Zeltner</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Trump’s data wrecking ball has echoes of Greek tragedy </title>
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				<dc:creator>Jerry Davis</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Trade turbulence in 2026: Strategic priorities for global business</title>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin, Carlos Cordon, Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>China’s 2026 playbook: Redefining global tech, industry, and governance </title>
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				<dc:creator>Mark J. Greeven</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Sustainability and Geopolitics: Rethinking strategy in a divided world </title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How do national strategies interact with industry dynamics? Four different paths to digital competitiveness </title>
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				<dc:creator>Fabian Grimm </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The return of industrial policy, and what it means for global business</title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett, Fernando Martín Espejo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Beyond crisis management: How business leaders can transform geopolitical turbulence into advantage</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach, Simon J. Evenett, Stéphane J. G. Girod, Öykü Işık, Vanina Farber</dc:creator>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to survive as political battles rage over net zero </title>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Julia Binder, Manuel Braun</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Julia Binder, Manuel Braun</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The end of cheap everything?</title>
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				<dc:creator>Julia Binder, Manuel Braun</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 07:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Julia Binder, Manuel Braun</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Blend youth with experience to navigate geopolitical risk</title>
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				<dc:creator>Fabian Buder, Felix Rüdiger</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Europe’s Strategic Compass: Time to act, not react</title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>What open-source models can teach us about global trade</title>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin, Michael Yaziji</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How trade tensions are transforming the rules of competitiveness</title>
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				<dc:creator>Fabian Grimm </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Turn geopolitical turmoil into transformational capacity</title>
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				<dc:creator>Katharina Lange</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Halfway 2025: How to read two quarters under Trump 2.0</title>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Daniel Ziblatt: Democracy is dying in “baby steps” – here’s how leaders can push back </title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Reshaping for growth: How Standard Chartered’s Diego De Giorgi is helping to design the future</title>
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				<dc:creator>Jay Clark</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 06:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The end of corporate passivity: Why business leaders must shape geopolitics, not just react to it</title>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Why China is well-equipped to deal with disruption</title>
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				<dc:creator>Mark J. Greeven</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Unexpecting the expected to adapt to a changing world</title>
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				<dc:creator>Martin Fellenz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Bruno Le Maire</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to harness the power of nonmarket strategy  </title>
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				<title>Welcome to the Gilded Cage: who really rules America? </title>
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				<dc:creator>Jerry Davis</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to thrive in a fractious world: A strategic playbook </title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach, Richard Baldwin, Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The great trade hack: how Trump’s tariffs are rewriting the rules for global business </title>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Trump’s vision for America is not the 1950s – it’s the 1890s</title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Volatility offers opportunities – but only if you are prepared</title>
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				<dc:creator>Omar Toulan</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Six ways boards can take the lead in an era of mistrust</title>
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				<dc:creator>Peter Voser</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 07:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The G7 gangs up on China</title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett, Fernando Martín Espejo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Niccolò Pisani</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Howard H. Yu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Moving away from conflict towards a clean-energy future </title>
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				<dc:creator>Julia Binder</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The G7 vs Chinese EVs: A case of mistaken identity </title>
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				<dc:creator>Mark J. Greeven</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to navigate our future world order </title>
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				<dc:creator>Maha Hosain Aziz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach, Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>What is trade protectionism? </title>
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				<dc:creator>Ana Elena Sancho Calvino</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Ralf Boscheck</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Taking political risk out of the equation </title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Nico Luchsinger</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Weaponized electronics: A wake-up call for supply chains </title>
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				<dc:creator>Öykü Işık, Carlos Cordon</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Navigating a fragmented future: Implications of the 2024 US election on global business </title>
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				<dc:creator>David Bach</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Geopolitics and the CFO: Navigating global trade shifts in the Trump era</title>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Four trends shaping China’s trajectory in 2025  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Mark J. Greeven</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Baldwin, Simon J. Evenett, Carlos Cordon</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Financial trends 2025: tighten your (safety) belts for a roller-coaster ride </title>
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				<dc:creator>Karl Schmedders</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Successfully navigating geopolitical rivalry requires a robust geopolitical radar </title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Mark J. Greeven</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Karl Schmedders, Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett, Fernando Martín Espejo</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>10 years on: Was Trump wrong about ‘Made in China 2025’ all along?</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>3D chess: adapting to a new geopolitical game </title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>America’s tariff shock: Why trade deficits now mean penalties, not &#8216;unfair policies&#8217; </title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Tariff wars: How business leaders can survive and thrive</title>
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				<dc:creator>Arturo Bris</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Geopolitics in turmoil: How to manage the impact on your workforce </title>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett, Katharina Lange</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 22:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Navigating Trump’s trade tactics: The art of the deal meets global trade</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Simon J. Evenett</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 11:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>When trade walls rise: Lessons from Finnish companies on navigating market collapse </title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 07:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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