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Iraq’s Gulf-Europe route transit hopes are illusory

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IRAQ

Baghdad’s ‘Development Road’ project aims to create a new hub at Faw port, linking to Turkey

New Panama Canal highlights ambition of Nicaragua plan

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NICARAGUA

The expansion of the Panama Canal gives a sense of both the opportunities and the risks facing the Nicaraguan project

German firm eyes Russian tanks in arms race

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INT

A new German tank project offers a challenge to Russia by outgunning ‘NATO’s worst nightmare’

COVID-19 threatens long fiscal shadow for US states

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UNITED STATES

Due to COVID-19 business lockdowns, states’ projected tax incomes have fallen

Jebel Ali will prevail in Gulf shipping rivalry

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GULF STATES

Major port projects move ahead in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and the UAE

Cost of health data breaches may rise exponentially

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INT

An industry estimate puts projected investment in health cybersecurity at 65 billion dollars over the next five years

Mexico Maya Train poses major challenges

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MEXICO

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)’s Maya Train poses serious social, financial and environmental risks

Regional inequality may widen as China’s GDP recovers

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CHINA

Local governments will spend trillions of renminbi to aid GDP and jobs, but the scope to add productive capacity varies

FDI may drive renewables in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Renewable energy has become a key target for inward FDI in the region, especially from the EU

China’s Belt and Road will advance, despite setbacks

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CHINA/INT

Resistance to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is growing ahead of the second BRI summit in China