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Nurses in Northern Finland will go on strike from February 17 to 19, while broader restrictions—including a conditional ban on shift changes and job hunting at major care groups—will continue across the sector. [1]

Naoko Munakata is a professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo. [3]

Yoichiro Sato is a professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. OpinionSemiconductor ecosystem will defy US tariff wall In the AI era, origin of components is too complicated to unravel Major players in the global semiconductor industr... [4]

WASHINGTON -- Japan's chief trade negotiator aims to resolve impasses with the U.S. in such areas as automobile and farm product tariffs in talks here Thursday and Friday. [5]

EconomyUS move to end India trade benefit rattles Indonesia and Thailand Trump demands market access from beneficiaries of tariff-free import program A worker holds harvested chillies at a plantation in Pasir Datar Indah village near Sukabumi, in Ind... [6]

NUSA DUA, Indonesia -- The U.S. will insist on putting measures to prevent competitive currency devaluations into future trade deals, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday. [7]

TOKYO -- An all-out trade war between the U.S. and China is looming large with the annual value of Chinese products subject to U.S. punitive import tariffs rising to $50 billion on Aug. 23. [8]

TOKYO -- This week's meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers will pose a stern test of the bloc's unity on free trade as the new U.S. administration pushes the conversation in a more protectionist direction. [9]

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[1] FI finlandtoday.fi · 2026-02-16 · 71% match

Demands For Higher Pay to Close Wage Gaps for Nurses Result in a Three-day Strike

Nurses in Northern Finland will go on strike from February 17 to 19, while broader restrictions—including a conditional ban on shift changes and job hunting at major care groups—will continue across the sector.

[2] FI yle.fi · 2022-04-28 · 75% match

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A one-week municipal services, school and daycare strike will begin on 3 May, unless a resolution to the dispute can be reached.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-21 · 34% match

The 'Turnberry System': Trump's new world order of tariffs and rivalry

Naoko Munakata is a professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-04-30 · 32% match

Semiconductor ecosystem will defy US tariff wall

Yoichiro Sato is a professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan. OpinionSemiconductor ecosystem will defy US tariff wall In the AI era, origin of components is too complicated to unravel Major players in the global semiconductor industr

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-08-02 · 37% match

Japan seeks quick settlement with US on trade: minister

WASHINGTON -- Japan's chief trade negotiator aims to resolve impasses with the U.S. in such areas as automobile and farm product tariffs in talks here Thursday and Friday.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-03-06 · 37% match

US move to end India trade benefit rattles Indonesia and Thailand

EconomyUS move to end India trade benefit rattles Indonesia and Thailand Trump demands market access from beneficiaries of tariff-free import program A worker holds harvested chillies at a plantation in Pasir Datar Indah village near Sukabumi, in Ind

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-10-14 · 36% match

US links currency to all trade talks, vexing China and Japan

NUSA DUA, Indonesia -- The U.S. will insist on putting measures to prevent competitive currency devaluations into future trade deals, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-08-19 · 35% match

US-China trade war is battle for tech hegemony in disguise

TOKYO -- An all-out trade war between the U.S. and China is looming large with the annual value of Chinese products subject to U.S. punitive import tariffs rising to $50 billion on Aug. 23.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-14 · 35% match

Sparring over trade, currency sets tone for G-20 meeting

TOKYO -- This week's meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers will pose a stern test of the bloc's unity on free trade as the new U.S. administration pushes the conversation in a more protectionist direction.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-06-05 · 34% match

State Counselor Touts Myanmar’s ‘Final Frontier’ Market to Czech Investors

PRAGUE—State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday encouraged Czech entrepreneurs to invest in Myanmar, saying the country’s economy has great potential in several sectors.

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