While the sanctions regime has hit Chinese companies, especially Huawei, hard and exposed weak links in China’s chip supply chain, the last year has seen significant progress by Chinese companies.

The Maple | A new report also finds that unionization’s advantages are greatest among workers who otherwise face disadvantages in the labour market.

Jacobin | Newly elected Argentine president Javier Milei outlined his radical libertarian vision at Davos. During his speech, he made it clear that any opposition to his free-market utopia would be crushed by authoritarian means.

Tribune | Now thousands of steelworkers are facing an uncertain future in an area already devastated by decades of neglect, serious state intervention – and a real industrial strategy for steel communities – is desperately needed.

On 11–12 January, the International Court of Justice held public hearings on whether Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The case was initiated by South Africa, which filed an 84-page complaint alleging that Israel violated its obligations under the Genocide Convention of 1948. Several Global South states have supported South Africa’s initiative, while the Global North’s political class has doubled down on its support for Israel. The world awaits the court’s verdict.

Tribune | There is no future for a country with no real approach to developing a green steel industry — Port Talbot’s treatment demonstrates the Tories’ lack of seriousness to this reality.