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Port strike puts trade at risk – and Liberals in awkward position
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Port strike puts trade at risk – and Liberals in awkward position

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers in Vancouver and Port Rupert served a strike notice last week and began job action on Monday, at which point their employer, the B.C. Maritime Employers Association, locked them out.

Cross border trade inspections.
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Why regulating cross-border digital trade is tricky

What is cross-border digital trade? While there's no commonly accepted definition, the OECD says it's "digitally enabled trade in goods or services, whether digitally or physically delivered."

Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections.
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Election crisis in one of Africa’s most stable democracies, Mecca agreement may get another signee, SCOTUS sides with Trump on mail-in ballots

The mineral-rich southern African nation of Zambia is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term.