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Behind the race to host the high seas treaty
Chile, China and Belgium are competing to host the headquarters of a landmark global ocean treaty. But why do they care so much?
Incentives for greener industry overseas exist, but there are obstacles too.
As China launches the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO) to support AI training in developing countries, academics offer contrasting views on how it could extend Beijing’s global influence, much like the Belt and Road, while warning how it may intensify rivalry with the US-led Pax Silica initiative.
Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry faces a pivotal treaty dispute. The country’s interim government last year decided that both Basel Convention and the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) will apply simultaneously to the local shipbreaking operations.
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