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				<title>To understand geopolitics, follow one company</title>
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				<title>India: What’s next for the world’s most populous country? Four challenges to doing business in India and how to approach them</title>
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				<title>How to think of Russia in our zero-sum economy</title>
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				<title>Think local: approaching business in Africa without the usual excuses</title>
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				<title>The end of globalization as we know it</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Regionalization is here and businesses should adapt. Lower sales and higher profits are hallmarks of our new era as globalization comes apart....]]></description>
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				<title>In trying times, Latin American enterprises are working to fill gaps</title>
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