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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japan is engaged deeply on issues in Ukraine and is expected to roll out plans at the “appropriate time” to support Kyiv against Russia’s invasion, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday. “Prime Minister Kishida has a game plan and is already engaged deeply on issues in …

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By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held “very productive” talks last week on semiconductor-related export controls on China, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday. The Biden administration in October published a sweeping set of export controls, including measures tightly …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China saw its population fall by roughly 850,000 last year – its first drop in six decades that marks the start of an expected long-term decline in citizen numbers with major economic consequences. Following are key facts about the demographic crisis. ONE-CHILD POLICY – China implemented a one-child policy from 1980 …

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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that recent measures taken by Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration were “very disappointing” but that Doha would continue engaging as the only way forward to achieve change on the ground. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said Doha was also consulting with other Muslim countries to establish a …

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By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday hit Macau with sweeping new export controls it previously imposed on shipments of advanced chips and chipmaking equipment to Beijing, flagging the risk that the technology could be diverted from the region to the rest of China. The United States in October placed the new …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Taiwan concluded four days of trade negotiations on Monday and reached consensus on a number of areas related to trade facilitation, anti-corruption, small and medium-sized enterprises and regulatory practices, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. The first major negotiating round of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on …

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ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan will no longer allow Russian citizens to stay in the Central Asian country indefinitely by doing so-called visa runs every three months, according to a government directive published this week. The Astana government will disallow the practice from Jan. 26, requiring Russians and citizens of other members of the Eurasian Economic …

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