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The upcycle for global petrochemicals and polymers will only occur from 2025 onward as the market deals with slower than expected growth in China and overcapacities, the CFO at Brazil’s Braskem said on Wednesday.SEE MORE04:21 PM @ 10/08/2023
A challenging external environment and weaker domestic demand is leading to a slowdown in economic growth in Vietnam, but the economy will pick up pace in the second half of 2023 and the following years, the World Bank said in an economic update released on August 10.SEE MORE03:51 PM @ 10/08/2023
Experts told Sputnik that China’s binge on non-dollar currency reserves, including record amounts of gold bullion, is being driven by how unstable the US dollar has become. Countries like Russia, which hold few dollar reserves, present a safer bet for investors and traders alike.SEE MORE10:22 AM @ 10/08/2023
The US should develop new clean energy technologies to reduce reliance on critical minerals amid looming shortages and China’s supply chain dominance, while boosting emergency reserves in the meantime, experts told Sputnik.SEE MORE04:52 PM @ 09/08/2023
The European Union must lift its export restrictions against China in order to eliminate imbalance in trade with the country, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.SEE MORE