Category: BRICS+

Nov 06

China excludes EVs in latest five-year plan

BEIJING, Oct 28 (Reuters) – China has omitted electric vehicles from the list of strategic industries in its five-year development plan for 2026-2030, marking their first exclusion in fifteen years. Hydrogen energy is now among the priorities. Quantum, bio-manufacturing, nuclear fusion, the other named priorities. The scenario we envisaged in 2015 is coming true. Hydrogen …

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Jun 10

The Perils and Promise of the Emerging Multipolar World

Jeffrey D. Sachs’ view on the future shape of the world order,  in “The Perils and Promise of the Emerging Multipolar World”, describes how regions that once lagged the West in industrialization are now making up for lost time. in his words, “The world economy is experiencing a deep process of economic convergence, according to …

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