What should be the division of powers between the Union, its constituent countries and European regions?

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Following in the footsteps of a groundbreaking and widely-cited 2007 UC-Irvine study, which disaggregated the components of a Chinese-assembled Apple iPod and assigned its constituent value to the companies and countries responsible for their production, two researchers at the Asian Development Bank Institute applied a similar analysis to the Apple iPhone.

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Deutschmarks, French francs, and lira make a comeback as member countries revert to their original constituent currencies.

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