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Plain definitions of the words that keep turning up in the coverage.

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Tariff

A tax on imported goods. It is paid by the importer, not the exporting country, and is usually…

IPO

An initial public offering: the first sale of a company's shares to public investors. It raises capital and…

Regulator

A public body that writes and enforces detailed rules within an area the legislature has assigned it, such…

Smart contract

Code deployed to a blockchain that executes automatically when its conditions are met. It removes the need for…

Inverted pyramid

Structuring a story with the most important information first and the least important last, so it stays coherent…

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