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Western Balkans might seek new relationship with EU

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BALKANS

Non-economic priorities such as nation-building and partisan political interests have often shaped large developmental projects in the Western Balkans, facilitated by…

French EU presidency will focus on strategic autonomy

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FRANCE

Macron's priorities will include strengthening EU autonomy in areas such as defence and digital security, promoting the role of nuclear energy as ‘sustainable’ and advancing…

Migrant-averse Central-Eastern Europe will lose growth

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EUROPE

Looming demographic decline in Central-Eastern Europe.

The EU’s international trade priorities are shifting

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EU

From the strategy, it appears the EU no longer sees free trade deals as an end in themselves but as another instrument -- alongside tools such as Carbon Border Adjustment Measures…

CAI threatens to undermine EU-US cooperation on China

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EU/CHINA

Under the CAI, which is the first economic agreement between the EU and China, Beijing made most of the concessions in order to get a deal agreed before US President Joe Biden’s…

USMCA could influence future trade deals’ focus

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NORTH AMERICA

US President Donald Trump has left the Trans-Pacific Partnership and escalated trade frictions with China. The USMCA, by contrast, shows a trade deal renegotiated, the…

Huawei dispute risks escalating reprisals from China

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INTERNATIONAL

The development raises the prospect of retaliation against North American companies from Beijing, which is already incensed by US tariffs and restrictions on technology exports…

Income inequality will worsen in Taiwan

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TAIWAN

A widening income gap, coupled with a sluggish economy over the past two years, will be a disadvantage for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan’s presidential…

Digital gig workers rise up EU policy agenda

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EU

One controversial feature of these conditions is payment-related speculation in the contractual terms of labour platforms. Such practices are especially sensitive in the case of…

Slow productivity will weigh on UK economy

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UNITED KINGDOM

This is the result of low levels of private and public investment, deficiencies in skills and training, and contractionary fiscal policy. The government is intent on addressing…