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APPLE

Tariff exemptions signal growing instability in Trump trade doctrine

The quick about-turns expose the internal contradictions – and lack of comprehensive planning – in US trade policy and its broader global economic implications.

  • Imran Khalid
4 min read
The United Nations Development Programme’s Achim Steiner . (Photo by Hakan Akgun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AFRICA CREDIT RATING AGENCIES

South Africa’s G20 presidency a game-changer for Africa’s global influence, says UNDP leader

The United Nations Development Programme’s Achim Steiner criticizes slow global response to Africa’s debt crisis

  • Sheree Bega
10 min read
The dollar’s pre-eminence is a massive problem for developing economies such as South Africa, we do need another order – which may in fact be beneficial for the US itself. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)
DOLLAR

Is this the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency?

The West’s actions against Russia since the war in Ukraine could signal an emerging new order that shuns the US for weaponising the dollar

  • Prabir Purkayastha
9 min read