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World Service,23 Jan 2025,26 mins

How will tariffs hurt global trade collaborations?

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The US President Donald Trump will speak remotely at the World Economic Forum happening in Davos, Switzerland, delivering his first major speech to global business and political leaders, but questions over what he will, and will not be doing during his second term in office have been dominating conversations between delegates. The European Union obtained more of its electricity from solar power than from coal for the first time over the last year. And the Nepalese government has decided to increase the cost of climbing permits during the peak season from $11 thousand to $15 thousand.

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