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E-commerce market will settle to steady growth

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INTERNATIONAL

The pandemic sped up the expansion of e-commerce worldwide. However, growth rates are now reverting from 26% in 2020 and 19% in 2021 towards rates closer to 10%. Shoppers still…

Canada post-election drug price changes likely

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CANADA

Pharmacare and drug pricing in Canada.

Limits to Russia’s ties with Turkey will persist

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RUSSIA

Energy ties, already deep, have expanded since 2022 as part of a broader reorientation of Russian commerce away from the West. The similarly authoritarian leadership styles of…

Refugee crisis could hit Myanmar economy soon

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MYANMAR

However, the Council's caution that “additional measures” could be taken if Myanmar's government is deemed not to be tackling the crisis sufficiently was taken by local media to…

US partnership will strengthen Vietnam’s balancing act

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VIETNAM

The United States thereby joined the small list of countries -- which includes China -- to have this level of diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Hanoi and Washington announced…

Egypt looks for economic ties in the Middle East

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EGYPT

In September, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi visited Qatar for the first since 2014. Egypt is trying to improve relations with Qatar and expand its regional influence…

Water shortages constrain Iran's economic outlook

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IRAN

Iran water crisis.

Russia's need for China will not be reciprocal

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RUSSIA

Putin and Xi have already met at a June 23-24 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan.The size of Putin's delegation underscores the importance assigned to China…

Russia unlikely to find new Latin American solidarity

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RUSSIA/LATIN AMERICA

Russia sees Latin America as an area with potential for partnership and anti-US leverage and a natural target in its search for sympathy, diplomatic backing and if possible a…

Investment would flood into Libya if politics settled

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LIBYA

Moscow's straitened circumstances, and the increased Western interest in Libya as an oil and gas supplier, created incentives for Libyans and Westerners alike to explore increased…