‘The worst thing we could do is pick one over the other’: an Australian economist on why US-China competition is ‘a gift’

John Edwards reflects on a changing world, economic statecraft and an AI-led manufacturing revival John Edwards wants us to chill out about China. A former top economic adviser to Paul Keating in the early 1990s, Edwards has been a major figure in the private and public sectors over the past three decades.
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Quebec premier says he will boycott Canada-EU summit in Montreal
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says Quebec was shut out of the talks and warns that agreements affecting provincial powers may not be implemented there.
California billionaire tax vote draws record campaign spending
Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires’ net worth. A new analysis finds record spending by current and former California billionaires ahead of the 3...
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