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USMCA deal in question in dispute over labour inspectors

Mexico says it did not agree provisions included in ratification bill before US Congress

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Deutsche Bundesbank
Bundesbank chief warns against balanced budget ‘fetish’

Political mood is shifting against long-running attachment to fiscal surpluses

Indian politics & policy
Modi under pressure on citizenship law as backlash spreads

Prime minister blames opposition parties and says parliament is ‘1,000 per cent correct’

Poland
Poland’s government steps up fight with judiciary

Plans make it easier to sack critical judges and punish political activity

African economy
Macron signals rethink on French-backed Africa currency

Discussions to be held over CFA franc, which critics say is colonial relic

Climate change
Climate talks break up with no agreement on carbon trading

Longest-ever round of negotiations fails to make progress on key issue

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US-China trade dispute
Detente in US-China trade war only goes so far

Pause cheers markets but relations between Washington and Beijing remain stressed

Kosovo
Kosovo ‘enslaved from within’ by corruption, says incoming PM

Albin Kurti tells FT he is willing to put aside demand to unify with Albania to boost economy

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Cristina Fernández is back centre stage in Argentina

The former president wields unprecedented influence for a deputy

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Algeria’s presidential election fails to extinguish anger

Pro-democracy movement fears new leader will just be a front for the generals

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Saudi Aramco’s public debut is a hollow victory

The oil major’s $2tn valuation is the result of state interference

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