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U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands after making joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. Damir Sagolj: "It's one of those "how to make a better or at least different shot when two presidents shake hands several times a day, several days in row". If I'm not mistaken in calculation, presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump of the U.S. shook their hands at least six times in events I covered during Trump's recent visit to China. I would imagine there were some more handshakes I haven't seen but other photographers did. And they all look similar - two big men, smiling and heartily greeting each other until everyone gets their shot. But then there is always something that can make it special - in this case the background made of U.S. and Chinese flags. They shook hands twice in front of it, and the first time it didn't work for me. The second time I positioned myself lower and centrally, and used the longest lens I have to capture only hands reaching for a handshake." REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo SEARCH "POY TRUMP" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2017 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1B1E5EF340

Three things to know ahead of the Trump-Xi Jinping meeting

Monday, November 26, 2018

An employee of clothing retailer Arena Modna Kuca sews in the company's factory in the Adriatic town of Pula July 1, 2014. Picture taken July 1, 2014. To match Special Report BALKANS-SALARIES/ REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY TEXTILE) - GM1EA7A0T0S01

How economic integration can increase living standards in the Western Balkans

Christoph Ungerer, Marco Hernandez, and Gallina A. Vincelette

Monday, November 19, 2018

People handle the new Apple iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max during a media tour at an Apple office in Shanghai, China, September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1C7A5795F0

Productivity measurement in an age of multinational companies and new technologies

Finn Schüle and David Wessel

Monday, November 19, 2018

Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford - RC1B5EE7E390

Unhappy anniversary: U.S. withdrawal from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, one year later

Kelsey Landau and Norman Eisen

Friday, November 16, 2018

Workers look on as a cargo ship approaches a terminal at the port of Qingdao in Shandong province, China November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1BD4412950

How to fight a trade war: Turn the other cheek

Shanta Devarajan

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

People walk through the streets of a shopping area in Addis Ababa May 26, 2014. Ethiopia has pushed the door ajar for foreign retailers keen to enter the fast-growing market of 90 million people, welcoming them as managers but keeping the state in control. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA5R05A501

Figures of the week: Doing business in sub-Saharan Africa

Friday, November 9, 2018

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The Hutchins Center Explains: How well has unconventional monetary policy worked?

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Employees work at a production line inside a factory of Saic GM Wuling, in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, June 19, 2016. REUTERS/Norihiko Shirouzu - S1AETQJGBJAA

The case for RCEP as Asia’s next trade agreement

Peter A. Petri and Michael Plummer

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Workers clean some fish in the Paloquemao market square in Bogota, Colombia October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez - RC157F8BB830

Should governments favor small firms with special tax regimes?

Monday, November 5, 2018

Shobha Vakade, 28, who took a loan of rupees 18,000 ($400) from a micro finance company to start her own business, strings beads into necklaces outside her house in a slum in Mumbai October 26, 2010. India's microfinance industry, which surged to prominence when George Soros-backed SKS Microfinance raised $358 million in an IPO, faces a regulatory clampdown that could erode profits and hurt growth. Reports of dozens of suicides by poor borrowers in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, the hub of India's microfinance sector, prompted the state to enact an rules against aggressive recovery practices by lenders who make loans that average about $150 to poor customers at interest rates that can top 30 percent. Picture taken October 26, 2010. To match analysis INDIA-MICROFINANCE/ REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - GM1E6AS11VO01

Progress paradoxes in China, India, and the US: A tale of growing but unhappy countries

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Saturday, October 20, 2018