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Stronger third-quarter growth underscores that China will be the only major economy to end the year with a larger GDP greater than it began with.

Reports that Beijing has halted purchases of Australian coal suggest it’s still trying to find ways to retaliate against Canberra’s policies without jeopardizing the two countries’ economic ties.

Recent movement on fishing rights and state aid holds promise for an EU-U.K. trade deal, but the ongoing Northern Ireland dispute could still derail talks.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks to Stratfor Asia-Pacific analyst Evan Rees. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gave a U.N. General Assembly speech this week that indicated he would take a hardline position on his country's South China Sea claims.

The IMF’s announced $1 billion disbursement will help fill some of Angola’s financing gaps, though there is clearly a market view that the country may still require more comprehensive debt restructuring.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks with Michael Monderer, senior analyst for global economics, about the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep its policy interest rate near zero until 2023.

While the U.S. TikTok sale may have been the trigger, Beijing’s expanded export controls also signal a long-term strategy to counter U.S. efforts to limit China’s tech rise.

Washington's move to expand export controls against Huawei’s cloud-computing affiliates indicates its pressure campaign against Chinese telecommunications and internet companies is evolving to include a wider spectrum of information technologies.

The White House’s recent actions against China’s TikTok and WeChat apps, as well as officials involved in the Hong Kong crisis, show its threshold for action against Beijing is decreasing.