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    Patti Waldmeir

    North America Correspondent

    Patti Waldmeir is the North America correspondent based in Chicago. She has been a correspondent for the FT since 1980, based in London, Washington, Johannesburg and Shanghai. Patti started her career covering the continent of Africa and went on to become US Editor of the Financial Times. She spent a decade as US legal columnist before moving to Shanghai to cover China for the FT for 8 years.

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    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
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      The city is not alone in failing to get workers back on to public transport but it is slower than many

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