Overseas

• Chinese bedrijven voltooiden in het eerste kwartaal van 2026 offshore fusies en overnames ter waarde van bijna 10 miljard dollar, wat een hoogtepunt in vijf jaar markeert ondanks aanhoudende regelgevende barrières. • Transacties waren gericht op sleutelsectoren, waaronder grondstoffen, consumptiegoederen en productie, aangezien bedrijven zoeken naar groeimogelijkheden in het buitenland. • De stijging onderstreept de drang van China naar wereldwijde expansie te midden van binnenlandse economische druk en handelsspanningen.

Exclusive: Taskforce to mull options to cut level to 150,000-200,000, higher than One Nation’s hard 130,000 cap and Howard-era’s 100,000 targetGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition is planing to cut Australia’s annual net overseas immigration levels to 150,000-200,000, according to a confidential policy roadmap that reveals Angus Taylor is preparing to fight a possible early election.An internal document circulated to senior Coalition MPs details the key policies the opposition wants to build its election platform on, as it rebuilds from its catastrophic 2025 loss. Continue reading...

UK was close behind, exporting 675,000 tonnes, with much of the waste sent to Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia Germany was the world’s largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025 and sent more than 810,000 tonnes abroad, according to analysis of trade data carried out for the Guardian.The UK followed close behind, according to the analysis by Watershed Investigations and the Basel Action Network. It exported more 675,000 tonnes, its highest level in eight years and enough to fill about 127,000 shipping containers. Continue reading...