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The World Bank has made a volte-face on industrial policy. Southeast Asian countries will need to consider the new policy, but calibrate it across vastly different national contexts.
As countries scramble to secure the minerals needed for clean energy, digital technologies, AI, and defence industries, the new era of resource competition implies both great promise and grave peril.
Vietnam’s stalled Chinese-backed solar factories underscore how Global South nations must demand technology transfer and value addition – not just capital inflows – from China’s expanding overseas clean-tech investments.
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Manufacturing
The critical minerals race is putting the planet at risk
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Corporate Responsibility
Can ethical supply chains survive the tariff storm?
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Manufacturing
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Can Europe and China forge a climate connection?
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Manufacturing
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Policy & Finance
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Manufacturing
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Carbon & Climate
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