Geopolitics
Technology and geopolitics – The struggle over chips enters a new phase | Leaders
Jan 23rd 2021 WHEN MICROCHIPS were invented in 1958, the first significant market for them was inside nuclear missiles. Today about a trillion chips are made a year, or 128 for every person on the planet. Ever more devices and machines contain ever more semiconductors: an electric car can have over 3,000 of them. New …
Reclaim Africa’s place in global geopolitics of technology: The Standard
It has been reported that America is seeking to have Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies who has been in the custody of Canadian authorities’ since December 2018, extradited to the US to face banking fraud charges and misleading an American company about Huawei‘s business in Iran. It has emerged that the …
Covid-19, Geopolitics, Trade And Technology Will Challenge Entire Business Sectors
Natalie Blyth, Global Head of HSBC’s trade finance business and Director of HSBC Latin American … [+] Holding Co. Courtesy of HSBC Natalie Blyth, Global Head of HSBC’s trade finance business, recently shared her views on how the world will change as a result of Covid-19 and other geopolitical challenges. Blyth oversees the approximately $750 …
OPEC’s Future Looks Bleak As It Extends Deal
OPEC and its partners have decided to roll over the existing production cut agreement for another 9 months. After weeks of deliberations, infighting, global pressure and media hype, OPEC and Russia have confirmed the global oil market still needs support. OPEC officials stated the latter to the press, repeating Russian President Putin’s and Saudi Minister …
