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Rousseff's Brazil reforms risk running onto the rocks

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BRAZIL

President Dilma Rousseff is seeking economic reforms and fiscal adjustment to increase Brazil's international competitiveness, focussing on improving infrastructure, human capital…

Argentina reforms advance but carry political cost

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ARGENTINA

Following its strong results in the October mid-term election, the government has been pressing tax and pension reforms and a new fiscal accord with provincial governors; all…

Canberra may find submarine deal hard to sell at home

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AUSTRALIA

Australia is launching a diplomatic campaign to allay regional unease over the acquisition, which has been strongly denounced by Beijing. The government must also ensure support…

China's social credit system creates risk to business

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CHINA

Foreign media typically present China’s efforts to build the 'social credit' system as an Orwellian nightmare where the state uses information technology to conduct…

Enforcing offshore fishing rules will benefit Somalia

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SOMALIA

Somalia’s fishery potential.

Overvalued tech stocks are not the largest market risk

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UNITED STATES

While markets are vulnerable to a sharper unwinding of bullish bets on the tech sector, comparisons with the 2000 dotcom bubble are misguided: Big Tech firms enjoy a stronger…

Japan's government will cushion exchange rate impact

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JAPAN

It has also been trading at year-long lows against the euro, pound and other major currencies. Japan's leaders used to assume that a weaker currency was good for the country…

EURO-AREA: Banking union faces long-term risks

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EURO-AREA

Banking union outlook.

UK policy storm may spread fears of financial risk

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UK/INT

UK policy has become the key example of policy failure. Although that mayhem stems largely from domestic vulnerabilities, the underlying problems -- policymakers’ efforts to…

Recall vote strengthens Mexico’s AMLO

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MEXICO

The plebiscite, which AMLO himself initiated, nevertheless garnered limited interest, achieving turnout of just 17.78%, well short of the 40% threshold required to make…