US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to lead the Department of Commerce. The businessman and long-time friend of Trump’s is slated to lead the incoming administration’s efforts to implement wide-ranging tariffs on goods entering the United States, in a bid to boost local manufacturing. Also in this edition: we bring you the story of one South African power plant’s difficult transition to green energy.
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