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View all search resultsThe world, in many ways presently richer, healthier, safer than ever before, still needs global stability to enjoy the fruits of the medical, agricultural and technological revolutions which could enhance lives, especially of the poor.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has blamed the global economic slowdown for November's widening trade deficit, which was recorded at US$2.05 billion, an increase from the $1.82 billion deficit recorded in the previous month.
“It is existential.” It was all the Fijian Prime Minister needed to say, when I asked him about climate change, after the most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the Southern hemisphere had destroyed his and neighboring islands back in 2016.
With external challenges likely to continue next year, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has told regional governments to focus on their fiscal policies to minimize the negative impacts of global economic uncertainty.
As Donald Trump assumes the United States presidency, a group of 35 prominent international business leaders, led by Unilever CEO Paul Polman and me, is stepping forward to defend open markets, endorse the fight against climate change and demand a massive push against global inequality.
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