List of Business articles
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A cocoa farmer stirs his spread out in the sun for drying in Bringakro, in the Ivory Coast. Adam Tooze: How China and India Could Transform the Chocolate Business
A rise in worldwide consumption would test an industry built largely on exploitation.
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A container ship operated by the French shipping company CMA CGM is moored in the Port of Marseille. Can a French Shipping Giant Make Marseille the Capital of the Mediterranean?
The Saadé family has raked in huge profits, turning CMA CGM into a strategic asset for Paris and a potential economic lifeline for France’s impoverished second city.
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An artist puts paints a picture of Indian businessman Gautam Adani. Adam Tooze: What the Adani Group’s Plunge Says About the Indian Economy
Fraud allegations caused $100 billion in losses for the conglomerate.
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A person holds a grocery bag. Colorful posters are behind them. Venezuela’s Modest Economic Liberalization Has Created a ‘Hellscape of Inequality’
As high-end stores open in Caracas, the poor are getting poorer.
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Employees work on the production line at a Volkswagen plant in Urumqi, China. Forced Uyghur Labor Probably Helped Build Your Car
A new report ties auto manufacturing to Xinjiang’s genocide. Will consumers—and Western countries—care?
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a1-lead-Foreign-policy-gift guide FP’s Holiday Gift Guide
Inspired ideas for global citizens, aspiring adventurers, and lifelong learners.
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Farmers harvest pineapples in Pingtung county, Taiwan On the Front Lines of the China-Taiwan Food Fight
A Brooklyn start-up hits back against Beijing’s pressure campaign.
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Employees work on the assembly line for the Volkswagen ID.3 electric car of German carmaker Volkswagen at a production site in Dresden, Germany. Brussels Is Ditching Its Free-Trade Gospel
With Biden continuing on Trump’s protectionist path, the EU is embracing the same.
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (right) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang inspect honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2019. How to Compete With China in the South Pacific
The case for a global forecasting unit led by the United States and Australia.
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A sign for TotalEnergies EP Myanmar is seen behind a shuttered gate in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 22. Companies Quitting Myanmar Provide Hollow Victories Against Junta
The departures of France’s TotalEnergies and Norway’s Telenor have left the military regime with more money and control.
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Pablo Picasso with his arts dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler How Picasso Became Big Business
A new history of modern art flips the script by focusing on dealers, collectors, and curators.
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A worker carries a part at an electric automobile factory in Haiphong, Vietnam. Companies Are Fleeing China for Friendlier Shores
“Friendshoring” is the new trend as geopolitics bites.
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A woman walks past a banner in support of Ukraine at the MIPIM international real estate convention in Cannes, France on March 15. Western Companies Can Help Ukraine by Sending Work
Ukraine’s tech outsourcing sector, one of Europe’s largest, has adapted nimbly to the war.
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A view of a closed McDonald's restaurant at a shopping mall in Moscow on March 16. How Corporate Boycotts Could Backfire
Activists seeking to shame companies doing business in Russia should be consistent in their moralism—and consider the consequences if Chinese consumers decide to punish the West.
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Women walk in front of a McDonald's restaurant in central Moscow. Foreign Companies Could Lose Everything in Russia
Asset seizure and hostage diplomacy are likely as Moscow spirals.
