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October 19, 2018

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What does Trump's energy independence policy mean for science at the EPA? The World's Carolyn Beeler moderated a panel exploring this question and more at The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.

Business, Economics and Jobs

China moves to lift confidence as economic growth hits weakest pace since 2009

Reuters

October 19, 2018

China's economic growth cooled to its weakest quarterly pace since the global financial crisis, with regulators moving quickly to calm nervous investors as a years-long campaign to tackle debt risks and the trade war with the United States began to bite.

Immigration

Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage

PRI's The World

October 18, 2018

Who will care for Japan's elderly? The government is now welcoming foreign workers to fill the labor gap, but some say racism and discrimination are major obstacles in Japanese society.

Carpooling app sparks backlash from taxi drivers in Seoul

Reuters

October 18, 2018

Backlash from taxi-drivers and government regulations in Asia's fourth-biggest economy have hampered new transport services launched by US-based Uber Technologies and domestic startups.

Chinese exporters worry more about the rising cost of doing business at home than trade wars

Reuters

October 17, 2018

The US imposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods last month, escalating the tariff war between the world's two largest economies. But the cost of raw materials and high staff turnover in China is more worrisome for exporters than the US-China trade wars, according to a recent Reuters poll.

Business, Economics and Jobs

In Springfield, Massachusetts, bracing for uncertainty from Trump's trade policies

PRI's The World

October 11, 2018

The coming years should bring more solid, blue-collar jobs to Springfield, as CRRC builds subway cars not just for Boston, but also for Philadelphia and LA. But now there’s a hitch: significant uncertainty linked to President Trump’s escalating trade war with China.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Chicago hotel workers join #MeToo, demand protections against sexual assault

PRI's The World

October 09, 2018

Sexual assault in the hotel industry is a global issue. Housekeepers here in the US are campaigning for more protections in the workplace.

Australia returned Uluru to Aboriginals 34 years ago. They're only just now banning tourists from climbing the sacred site.

PRI's The World

October 08, 2018

For decades, the Aboriginal community has politely asked tourists not to climb Uluru, one of their most sacred sites. Beginning in October 2019, the site will finally be closed to climbing.

The Amazon's carbon tipping point

A 'Third Way' to save the Amazon: make the standing forest itself more valuable

PRI's The World

October 05, 2018

Brazil’s leading climatologist wants to change the way businesses view the Amazon. If standing trees become more valuable than cleared land, the forest can recover and continue to absorb greenhouse gases.

Business, Economics and Jobs

How Trump split Mexico and Canada in NAFTA talks

Reuters

September 25, 2018

When then Mexican president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador took a congratulatory call from US President Donald Trump, the conversation marked a pivotal moment after a contentious year of negotiations between the United States, Canada and Mexico to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement.

What’s the EPA’s changing relationship with science?

Updated

China moves to lift confidence as economic growth hits weakest pace since 2009

Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage

Carpooling app sparks backlash from taxi drivers in Seoul

Chinese exporters worry more about the rising cost of doing business at home than trade wars

In Springfield, Massachusetts, bracing for uncertainty from Trump's trade policies

Chicago hotel workers join #MeToo, demand protections against sexual assault

Australia returned Uluru to Aboriginals 34 years ago. They're only just now banning tourists from climbing the sacred site.

A 'Third Way' to save the Amazon: make the standing forest itself more valuable

How Trump split Mexico and Canada in NAFTA talks

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