🔮 What lies ahead in 2023

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Dates for the diary %2F%2Fqz.com%2Femails%2Fdaily-brief%2F1849945632%2Fwhat-lies-ahead-in%2F/3/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/XS0M8H2gspyUqN85lZBK4-vXgWoJtbWUk1ebqLuW9mg=282 Graphic: (Amanda Shendruk) Laws to watch this year 😂 Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, [will be banned](%2F%2Fwww.dutchnews.nl%2Fnews%2F2022%2F11%2Fministers-press-ahead-with-laughing-gas-ban-in-2023%2F/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/dYH8jP-6_gcztUwFHfoOqSrSVShR5kkXgWsucyQjKQ4=282) in the Netherlands 🏡 Canada will enact a two-year ban on [foreigners buying](%2F%2Fwww.dentons.com%2Fen%2Finsights%2Farticles%2F2022%2Foctober%2F12%2Fcanadian-government-enacts-a-two-year/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/p47tbhUZvARG3xMLMQmipK53iL7Jg0jRZ-2TSXvR4M4=282) residential real estate 💡 The EU will ban [fluorescent lighting](%2F%2Fwww.eceee.org%2Fall-news%2Fnews%2Feu-commission-adopts-regulation-to-ban-fluorescent-lighting-by-september-2023%2F/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/tPKy519sdZFBkk8oFpZSz6S9WyjSnIv7cd5X6v1YdvA=282) 💷 The UK’s national living wage [will increase 9.7%](%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Flarge-minimum-wage-increases-help-protect-low-paid-workers-living-standards/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/hkkB68pzc_xp42r4E8VEaui5rULl1VchImSoE3f0Yos=282) 🍪 The Philippines will ban all prepackaged processed foods with [partially hydrogenated oils](%2F%2Fwww.foodnavigator-asia.com%2FArticle%2F2022%2F11%2F14%2Fphilippines-to-ban-all-prepackaged-processed-foods-with-high-trans-fat-levels-by-2023/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/c7shoTi9j0TWoeNROvXkxuSH0F2XjpRrdZUBF1HVYx4=282) 🛶 Italy’s Venice will enact a “[day-trippers](%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F07%2F01%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fvenice-tourism-register-pay.html/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/wyFvHRLGWlfKgG8aqoSbbEOIqU98m1JiknrmZ-Vre6I=282)” fee 🥤 Single-use plastic will be banned in [Canada](%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fworld%2Fcanada-to-ban-sale-of-single-use-plastics-by-end-of-2023/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/U_2AqqMfdceDndHH3Pj4KAzuLgrC3C9STQLKQwh6IZs=282), the [Isle of Man](%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-europe-isle-of-man-63329873/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/0QxIFUJtoqpI2FiIZOOH4paAfOHU3XI0gRd6sZ3x2c8=282), and [Hong Kong](%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fnews%2Fhong-kong%2Fhealth-environment%2Farticle%2F3196394%2Ffirst-stage-ban-hong-kong-ban-single-use-plastics-be-brought-forward-two-years-2023-government-says/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/reUyBFp80ViVIFHiDrOytVj0EEaT5L15PV_BQ1kGPbc=282) 🤖 New York City will [restrict the use of AI tools](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fhow-algorithms-work-in-the-hiring-process-1849898103%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/dKpKuRii2_41CE6BmWH-AI3E-suLnOe3tX5aaUAo89U=282) in recruitment Sponsor content by BOFA SECURITIES %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fddm%2Fclk%2F546819485;355372006;q/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/xVJJYk4bsIVw4IRLluoCRpNKJib5VOxfF9viYiXJzfI=282 2023 Year Ahead Outlook. BofA Global Research shares its latest views. [Read more](%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fddm%2Fclk%2F546819485;355372006;q/2/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/5ZJNfZ6UdIBo-6dP__2qLQ7fvV_4ow4rUZKJ21nmYi8=282)[Advertisement] Take me down this 🐰 hole 2023 will be the year of the rabbit, according to the Chinese traditional calendar. Here are some digits to know about this year’s “Spring Festival”: [4th:](%2F%2Fdepts.washington.edu%2Ftriolive%2Fquest%2F2007%2FTTQ07030%2Frabbit.html/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/v6lal8E-CiwbckAZ_GXOL8kiyEpOSSzi9D-fxRjczjI=282) Ranking of the rabbit in the Chinese zodiac [12:](%2F%2Fdepts.washington.edu%2Ftriolive%2Fquest%2F2007%2FTTQ07030%2Frabbit.html/2/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/dAZ1dMMAP5kssQt9UuhKHWVFUo9Wxq5S6ovEbgM6Hxg=282) Animals in the Chinese zodiac [2011:](%2F%2Fdepts.washington.edu%2Ftriolive%2Fquest%2F2007%2FTTQ07030%2Frabbit.html/3/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/GBu6Aq-huLWNFDg_HTyRRDt2IQp1tZgZFk9EMqVjUnw=282) The previous year of the rabbit [22:](%2F%2Fwww.chinahighlights.com%2Ftravelguide%2Ffestivals%2Fwhen-chinese-new-year.htm/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/-yRrAbNwz2UbVHjUAm1WtV9CJo-Rh4OGPs-zNZaD6yw=282) Day of January the new Chinese year begins (and it ends Feb. 9, 2024) [7:](%2F%2Fwww.chinahighlights.com%2Ftravelguide%2Ffestivals%2Fnew-year-facts.htm/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/6WQ-K0Xf7ZMUS_n4zFzexQkmA1ojRHDroBY-tJUVVBM=282) Days off work in China for the holiday, though celebrations traditionally last for 16 days [200 million:](%2F%2Fwww.chinahighlights.com%2Ftravelguide%2Ffestivals%2Fnew-year-facts.htm/2/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/skT_Vj6dx2em-LFKGBfgC9PG_N0OveAasNWCGj-fUVY=282) People in China that travel for the holiday, making it the largest annual migration in the world (when lockdowns aren’t in place) [25%:](%2F%2Fwww.chinahighlights.com%2Ftravelguide%2Ffestivals%2Fnew-year-facts.htm/3/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/gih34bZJHPDyHdXMbGzGyLAXf-xeHCxrGba5dldr4KU=282) Fraction of the world that celebrates Chinese New Year Quartz’s most popular 2022 🐦 [Elon Musk already broke his agreement with Twitter](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2159764%2Felon-musk-already-broke-his-agreement-with-twitter%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/LDLREWcwEOQ2yQGoL6TgkbdKOnqF5T-RZVNz_rdvL3Y=282) 💵 [Why it matters if Saudi Arabia sells oil in Chinese yuan instead of US dollars](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2143450%2Fsaudi-arabia-wants-to-sell-its-oil-in-yuan-not-dollars%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/-p4T_faIhvSZmFi9nNSPOXKFHLPOziZaL3m2NMEAwtU=282) 📌 [There’s one job perk more popular than a four-day workweek](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fwork%2F2135247%2Fthe-one-job-perk-more-popular-than-a-4-day-workweek%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/nQGEa_dSdYMDGevqsn4np1l65lMqSqZtD_m-XQTMnn0=282) 🍆 [The world’s largest condom manufacturer has had a surprisingly bad pandemic](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2111029%2Fthe-worlds-largest-condom-maker-had-a-surprisingly-bad-pandemic%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/06x4BRCP227r_dy951pAB1GjhMj2hbJOmIWQwHoCbhE=282) 🌍 [How powerful is your country’s passport?](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2113502%2Fwhich-countries-have-the-most-powerful-passports%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/fazzneW0L7mllCwXbAOItbOiF6YiIVwV0MaiEhMwfpY=282) 😷 [What we know about why some people never get covid](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2159984%2Fwhat-we-know-about-why-some-people-never-get-covid-19%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/P-fhD08VmziL_dfodcNFUcWKExk-E7yV9U2ZqEOe0Xk=282) 🙊 [Jamie Dimon says he no longer uses the word “cryptocurrency”](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2122643%2Fjamie-dimon-is-no-longer-using-the-word-cryptocurrency%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/y4Fjr25wvtz2yQdEkRAs5SPl2o-0pndz2g8NtYsayCs=282) 🏃 [How much is Kate Bush making from “Running Up That Hill”?](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2182571%2Fhow-much-is-kate-bush-making-from-running-up-that-hill%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/SJ2zHlp7FcvSl9YarhwX2C5rQqljPhVuG2bxlXDvxik=282) 🍔 [The photographic evidence presented in a lawsuit over fast-food burger sizes](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2168943%2Fphotos-from-a-fast-food-lawsuit%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/xPF6sUDPAv9I0bDmrg-AuqMlYz1I-kpkZwhelgFIZIc=282) Quartz’s crystal ball 🔮 India will become the world’s most populous country this year. The UN projects India’s population [will surpass China’s](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Findia%2F2186917%2Fun-says-indias-population-may-overtake-chinas-in-2023%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/VsVUWYpqRYTtU0ze0eyiS3ZFNwnIKDWHxhamV-Z0i1s=282) on April 14, counting [1,425,775,850 people](%2F%2Fwww.economist.com%2Fthe-world-ahead%2F2022%2F11%2F14%2Findia-will-become-the-worlds-most-populous-country-in-2023/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/Kej3kAVy1patN0-plODzlqsVzfsHU-9h7SBaNIq4aac=282). The EU kicks off a new import tariff system based on carbon emissions. For a three-year phase-in period [starting in October 2023](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fif-europes-carbon-tariff-works-consumers-might-not-eve-1849891668%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/mQMeVKKS2T4I0-Y6QTl1mk3My8hi6WhDhmSVF5qN1tc=282), importers of a number of goods into Europe will be required to report the emissions from the products’ manufacturing process. Don’t hold your breath on an IPO market recovery. Analysts’ most rosy predictions don’t see activity picking up [before the second half of 2023](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fnasdaq-2022-ipos-spac-alphavest-1849909782%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/7hrjgOYSwmNkKv6_e9Kt-eJY3hsDea2fC8yVJmMikTo=282) at the very earliest. Flying cars production takes off. Archer Aviation [appears to be on track](%2F%2Fwww.autoevolution.com%2Fnews%2Fstellantis-backed-archer-presents-its-evtol-production-aircraft-called-midnight-204176.html/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/mifA27D7CArD4zEm9EpfwEfkk6uJlkO5Q6SxLhiVqy4=282) to fulfill [its 2021 goal](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1956157%2Ffiat-chrysler-plans-to-mass-produce-flying-cars-by-2023%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/wU9SQCf5S0dDalqcIQoBWUL2zk4-5D_NNd91d_Cxwk0=282) of mass producing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft by 2023. The company also plans [to begin tests for Federal Aviation Administration certification](%2F%2Fs27.q4cdn.com%2F936913558%2Ffiles%2Fdoc_presentations%2F2022%2F11%2FOpen-House-Event-Deck-for-Website.pdf/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/QtVU0UONS8lTuM6eVolO5HltqH58gqb9dLVuWTBNGTY=282) (pdf) next year. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is going to the Moon. Elon Musk’s SpaceX seems to be making good [on its 2018 plan](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F1393469%2Felon-musk-says-he-will-fly-japanese-billionaire-yusaku-maezawa-around-the-moon%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/51mYUIKLXTERKjvU3jRLTebjD2Us9qcvkQYMi0bq2kE=282) to send a private flight around the Earth’s satellite. Maezawa has even already [selected his companions](%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-63912668/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/97lsT65raHQyTYItXJGUqxdaz-PiGOe6Ck77Dvpk6cU=282). Apple prepares to enter the metaverse. The Cupertino, California giant is widely expected to release its [first-ever AR/VR headset](%2F%2Fqz.com%2F2181134%2Fbig-techs-group-wants-to-boost-trust-in-the-metaverse%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/0_whJZhUseFrKdiHVLkSQca2UYHA-fd5eXdkDopUm0o=282), and it’s been [hiring for dozens of roles](%2F%2Fwww.digitaltrends.com%2Fcomputing%2Fapple-busily-hiring-hundreds-for-ar-vr-headset%2F/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/XAnZYVsjhOELxN7JZTUGCxJQIZrGFaXnon5Co0iRUYc=282). Cheaper alternatives to AbbVie’s blockbuster drug Humira will hit the market. The biopharma company has other ways to protect its market dominance [for decades to come](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fhumira-abbvie-competition-from-cheaper-biosimilars-1849876888%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/rcIG28q-pgJ4ySjM2X9KBtftU6upvdeVSnNjU6qBY0E=282). Pfizer’s covid vaccines are about to get pricey. The pharmaceutical company is [planning a 10,000% markup](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fpfizer-plans-to-sell-its-covid-vaccine-at-a-10-000-mar-1849688359%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/ZXPK50qqZxgeynyviu7M7wgupOrCgWICoPbdFxDiQHA=282) as it moves from supplying the US government to the commercial market. Africa’s Super League football tournament drops in August. The annual club competition [aims to generate](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fa-super-league-is-promising-to-make-african-soccer-cl-1849404513%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/HEJ_2hVEh_Af1v-Ode0s6J2Uw55rdfdbxyZLfAD66nY=282) money for participants at an unprecedented scale for the continent. 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BofA Global Research shares its latest views. [Read more](%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fddm%2Fclk%2F546819485;355372006;q/4/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/b1PuHzwZGjJabZZRPEu9kOLC5_zEgaaolaOLn1xWZ4A=282)[Advertisement] 1️⃣ big thing China’s [pivot on its zero-covid policy](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fchina-s-new-covid-slogan-is-a-u-turn-on-two-years-of-p-1849891559%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/w0qeXq3_Zg10GJK6HwF4J1sgzBJHUP9TiV_M4q0Hd0g=282) is going to have [big ramifications](%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fchina-ending-zero-covid-is-hurting-economic-confidence-1849909469%2F%3Futm_source=email%26utm_medium=daily-brief%26utm_content=/1/0100018579de6c76-9010b474-3d01-4c52-ad51-ae8f948ba611-000000/8VRkRYApRvdswDkm6QKUHmWhuzSOskRWdHdKcFtfHyE=282) for the global economy this year. 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