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Rest of World Apr 9, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on nearly all imported goods — and the global fallout has been swift.

Rest of World breaks down the details, and looks at how countries and companies in the regions we cover are responding:
https://restofworld.org/2025/trump-tariffs-us-trade-crackdown-targets-global-imports/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=row-social

Trump is escalating a global trade war. Rest of World tracked the worldwide fallout

Trump’s latest round of tariffs targets nearly all U.S. imports, hitting countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America with steep new rates and shaking global supply chains.

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Rest of World Mar 28, 2025

The loss of auto manufacturing jobs and investment resulting from U.S. tariffs could have another dire consequence: strengthening the very same criminal organizations that President Trump is pressuring Mexico to suppress
https://restofworld.org/2025/trump-tariffs-threaten-growth-mexico-ev-hubs/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=row-social

U.S. tariffs threaten Mexico’s booming EV sector

Despite the government's efforts to protect local businesses, geopolitical tensions could derail Mexico's ambitions to become a major EV manufacturing hub.

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Rest of World Mar 24, 2025

A Trump crackdown on skilled foreign workers could hit Big Tech hard: In 2024, five U.S. tech giants — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were among the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients
https://restofworld.org/2025/trump-h1b-policy-big-tech-workers-amazon/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=row-social&utm_content=trump-immigration-h1b

A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most

U.S. tech firms — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple — were the top 10 employers of H-1B recipients in 2024.

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Rest of World Mar 20, 2025

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Rest of World Jan 13, 2025

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet is now cheaper than the leading internet provider in some African countries
https://restofworld.org/2025/starlink-cheaper-internet-africa/?utm_source=mast

Starlink is now cheaper than leading internet provider in some African countries

In Ghana, Starlink is half the price of the local ISP.

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Rest of World Oct 29, 2024

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Rest of World Oct 28, 2024

Amazon launched a program dedicated to Indian handicrafts in 2017. The program now counts 1.6 million sellers. But artisans say their sales are lackluster, and that Amazon treats their crafts like any other industrially produced object

https://restofworld.org/2024/amazon-karigar-india-handicraft-makers/?utm_source=mast

Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say it’s not working

Makers say Amazon Karigar has failed to distinguish their crafts from mass-produced items.

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Rest of World Jul 2, 2024

Making money as an influencer in Cuba is hard. These dancers found a way

https://restofworld.org/2024/cuba-dancers-social-media-restrictions/

Making money as an influencer in Cuba is hard. These dancers found a way

Despite the world’s slowest internet and payment restrictions, Los Datway manage to earn a living online.

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Rest of World May 8, 2024

New update to our AI elections tracker:

Modi embraces Lil Yachty meme as #Dictator trends https://restofworld.org/2024/elections-ai-tracker/#/modi-yachty-dictator-meme

Rest of World’s 2024 AI elections tracker

As more than two billion people vote, we’re monitoring the way AI is being used in political campaigns, memes, and misinformation.

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Rest of World Apr 24, 2024

Inside TSMC's struggle to build its first US chip plant
https://restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-arizona-expansion/?utm_source=mast

Inside TSMC’s struggle to build a chip factory in the U.S. suburbs

Missed deadlines and tension among Taiwanese and American coworkers are plaguing the chip giant’s Phoenix expansion.

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