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Trump would face stronger headwinds in second term

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UNITED STATES

In some ways Trump has been a traditional Republican president, lowering taxes and pushing deregulation. Yet he has taken trade and foreign policy in a new direction, with mixed…

Indonesia-Australia rifts will slowly heal

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INDONESIA/AUSTRALIA

He was accompanied on his trip by several senior ministers and business leaders. Canberra and Jakarta are long-standing partners, but various sore points have in recent years…

Indonesia will move slowly on Australia defence ties

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INDONESIA

This was in response to the latest developments regarding AUKUS, a pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States aimed at providing Canberra with…

Trade will tighten Gulf-South Korea relations

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GULF STATES/SOUTH KOREA

Previously, in December 2023, South Korea signed a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), only the bloc’s second with a major…

US Indo-Pacific strategy will be slow starter

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ASIA/US

The trip was part of an effort to advance US President Donald Trump's idea of an Indo-Pacific community stretching from the US west coast to the Indian Ocean, as Pompeo said. With…

US-Colombian development plans face major difficulties

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COLOMBIA

The plan aims to increase US private investment in Colombia and promote development in rural areas that have seen a resurgence of violence. The US International Development…

Food insecurity risks unrest across North Africa

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NORTH AFRICA

Food insecurity in North Africa.

EU green ambitions are strongly reflected in budget

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EU

Overall, some 30% of the budget will involve climate-related spending. One of the key reforms concerns the EU’s own resources mechanism to finance spending, with plans to…

Ethiopia's manufacturing sector is poised to expand

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ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia industrialisation.

Lebanese gains from Syrian rebuilding may be limited

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LEBANON/SYRIA

Lebanese plans to gain from Syria's reconstruction.