Supply Chains
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APEC Advances Digital Innovation in Transport
En: APEC/PECCThe Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is strengthening regional transportation systems. The goal is to address new challenges affecting trade and supply chains. Specifically, APEC transport ministers discussed measures to improve…
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APEC Ministers Push Innovation and AI to Boost SME’s Business Growth
En: APEC/PECCFocus on SME Integration and Competitiveness Small and medium-sized enterprises constitute over 97 percent of businesses within the Asia-Pacific region. Consequently, ministers gathered at the 32nd APEC SME Ministerial Meeting…
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Critical minerals need secure supply chains – increasingly that depends on responsible production
The Hidden Fragility of Critical Mineral Supply Chains Critical minerals have become essential to energy transitions, defence systems and emerging technologies. Yet securing them requires more than discovering deposits and…
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Beyond winning and losing: What Beijing wants from the Iran war
Managing Fallout and Containing Spillover As the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran enters its sixth month, China focuses primarily on managing the conflict’s fallout rather than exploiting it for geopolitical…
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China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth ‘exploration and processing’
Scientific Collaboration on Rare Earths China is expanding its scientific collaboration with Iran into the strategically sensitive field of rare earths. The National Natural Science Foundation of China recently unveiled…
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APEC Advances Trade Agenda Ahead of Ministers’ Meeting in Suzhou
APEC economies met in Shanghai this week to advance work on regional trade and investment priorities ahead of the Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting in Suzhou on 22–23 May. The…
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Leapfrogging China’s Critical Minerals Dominance
En: Think TanksHow Innovation Can Secure U.S. Supply Chains — Council on Foreign Relations (February 2026) Critical Minerals at the Center of Geopolitics Critical minerals (such as rare-earth elements, lithium, and cobalt)…