Fox was clear in an interview with Bloomberg News in China that any kind of customs union was a red line. The existing customs union binds all members to the same external tariff, throwing a loose border around the group. Turkey has a customs union with the EU but isn't a member of the EU or single
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For all its impressive progress in mastering human tasks, artificial intelligence has an embarrassing secret: It's surprisingly easy to fool. This could be a big problem as it takes on greater responsibility for people's lives and livelihoods. Thanks to advances in neural networks and “deep learning,” computer
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Years of investments in warehouses and robots and data centers and gadgets — that have often tested investor patience — paid off big for Amazon over the holidays.
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A Pakistan delegation is due to arrive in Afghanistan on Saturday to restart talks aimed at improving tense relations between the neighboring countries that have worsened amid a surge in deadly Taliban attacks. The significant militant escalation — pushing back against a renewed and aggressive U.S.
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Sony is getting a new CEO after it announced that CFO Kenichiro Yoshida will replace Kazuo Hirai as the head of the Japanese firm.
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