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China will lift barriers to foreign financial firms

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CHINA

Potential loosening of restrictions of foreign investment in the financial sector.

Turkey may be edging towards capital controls

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TURKEY

A score below 100 indicates a pessimistic outlook -- the index has not exceeded 100 since March 2018. Increasingly frequent and heavy-handed interventions by the Turkish Central…

US health bill debacle will hinder Trump’s plans

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UNITED STATES

Despite campaigning for years on repealing the Democrats’ Affordable Care Act (ACA or ‘Obamacare’) once in power, and the personal backing of President Donald Trump, factional…

Bolivia’s lenders face bad loans and thin profits

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BOLIVIA

Financial system challenges.

North Sea wind pact will require major state support

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EUROPE

It is a pact of North Sea countries aiming to install almost 120 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and at least 300 gigawatts by 2050. The agreement reflects efforts to…

Acrimony over Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City will grow

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SRI LANKA

Parliament passed a bill earlier in May authorising the president to form the commission after key amendments recommended by the Supreme Court were incorporated into the…

Seabed mining, and environmental fear of it, will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

Japan, Norway and the United States have announced plans to tap their own seabed resources, while the UN International Seabed Authority (ISA) has issued permits for international…

Ukraine privatisation may not match expectations

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UKRAINE

As well as trying to restructure 23 billion dollars of debt in line with its IMF support plan, Ukraine must also undertake structural reforms. On May 12, Kyiv approved a list of…

Businesses will confront multipolar regulations

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INTERNATIONAL

The United States continues to export regulatory paradigms to other countries, which either adopt US ideas as national statutes or endorse multilateral standards. Challenges to…

Canada's leading banks look further afield for growth

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CANADA

Canadian banks have weathered the pandemic with less disruption to growth and earnings than originally forecast. Recent acquisitions point to where future strategic growth may be…