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  • The LRB Podcast: Where does our waste go?

    Listen: https://ift.tt/CJwxWiG Since the 1980s, Brett Christophers wrote recently in the LRB, ‘firms have made vast amounts of money by sending the rich world’s waste to the global South’ – hazardous… more ›

  • Chinese Tech Giants Have Big Ambitions in Brazil

    Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/business/china-temu-meituan-shein-brazil.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk8.rG3_.tgDnJhPPEaFR&smid=url-share more ›