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US-Vietnam trade deal sows new China standoff
Vietnam’s trade deal with the United States averts the most punishing of Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” levies but has provoked new friction between Washington and Beijing.Vietnam has the third-biggest trade surplus with the United States of any country after China and Mexico, and was targeted with one of the highest rates in the US president’s “Liberation …
Japan plans ‘world first’ deep-sea mineral extraction
Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the director of a government innovation programme said Thursday.Earlier this week the country pledged to work with the United States, India and Australia to ensure a stable supply of critical minerals, as concern grows …
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