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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
Global Economy
Global Economy
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Chinese Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye poses during a photo shoot outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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European Union flags hang outside the European Commission Headquarters on March 10, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium
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A food vendor serving food as people queue in line to collect food as Lagos state government begins distribution of meals to Youths in verious LCDAs, Local Community Development Areas as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Lagos, on Apri
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Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization, (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on January 28, 2020 in Beijing, China.
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Flags of Europe flutter in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on June 1, 2018.
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Relatives of the deceased line up for a funeral in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city hit hard by the coronavirus, April 5.
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Chinese soldiers wearing protective masks march at the People's Square on April 04, 2020 in Shanghai, China
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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at a press conference following their meeting outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (Artyom Ivanov\TASS via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
