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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are welcomed by then-Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington D.C., on Sept. 24, 2015.Huang Jingwen鈥揦inhua News Agency/Getty ImagesBy Peter Martin, Saleha Mohsin, Nick Wadhams and Jenny Leonard / BloombergFebruary 11, 2021 3:05 AM ESTJoe Biden, in his first conversation as president with the Chines
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German chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and German Minister of Family Affairs Manuela Schwesig talk during a session of parliament in Berlin, March 6, 2015.Soeren Stache鈥擡PABy Justin WorlandMarch 6, 2015 5:30 PM ESTThe largest German corporations will soon be required to ensure that women represent at least 30% of the members on their supervisory boards under a law passed Friday.If there are no equal opportunities at the
af1 top of companies, there are none in other areas either, said Family Minister Manuela Schwesig, according to the Associated Press. Despite having a female head of government, Angela Merkel, none of Germany 30 most prominent companies are run by women, Reuters reports.Germany joins a slew of other European countries that have set quotas for female corporate directors, including Belgium, Norway, Spain, France and others, the New York Times reports. In Germany, however, the decision is expected to have a much further-reaching impact. The country is home to some the largest corporations in the world, including Deutsche Bank, BASF, Merck and a number of prominent automakers.Women currently occupy fewer than 20% of seats on corporate boards in
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