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Cyprus is becoming less attractive to Russian business

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CYPRUS/RUSSIA

The exodus of Russian capital from Cyprus.

Ex-Im Bank vacancy battle will cost US exporters

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UNITED STATES

Three out of five Ex-Im Bank board seats are vacant, denying the federal corporation the quorum needed to approve export credit guarantees for deals valued over 10 million dollars…

Further Mexico rate hikes likely in 2018

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MEXICO

Monetary policy moves.

Creditors will seek geopolitical gains in debt talks

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INTERNATIONAL

Whereas developed economies and China have benefited from USD9tn in fiscal stimulus and USD5tn in liquidity, EMs have less scope because they cannot issue local-currency debt…

ECB to stay dovish despite ending its QE programme

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EU

Fears of Europe's financial fragility are rising after the ECB ended its quantitative easing (QE) programme in December. The programme -- which lasted almost four years -- bought…

EU will push for granting MES to China

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INT/CHINA

If not offset by other changes, this will result in lower duties on Chinese imports found to have been dumped in the European market. Such a decision will be commercially…

US sanctions pressure on Russia will not let up

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RUSSIA

One bill would prohibit the US government from ever recognising the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Two others instruct the Director of National Intelligence to report on President…

Trade and tech uncertainty will boost ‘safer’ assets

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INTERNATIONAL

US President Donald Trump’s decision last month to intensify the US-China conflict by raising the tariff rate and targeting Chinese tech firms is straining stock markets and…

Argentina's domestic woes dictate diplomatic prudence

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ARGENTINA

Fernandez is currently focusing diplomatic efforts on garnering support for a major debt restructuring proposal which is to be launched next month and requires the backing of the…

Prospects for the EU to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for the EU to end-2019.