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Brexit impact on UK trade will be clearer after COVID

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UNITED KINGDOM

Brexit's direct impacts on goods trade are beginning to emerge. In sectors that rely on complex supply chains or are characterised by large capital investments, the full impacts…

Timely Balkan virus precautions may avert the worst

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BALKANS

The spread of COVID-19 in the Balkans.

Prospects for African economies to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

The worst-hit countries will be those most exposed to the pandemic’s triple shock of travel restrictions, plunging commodity prices and disruptions to external trade and…

Inadequate policies will deepen Mexico COVID-19 blow

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MEXICO

A lack of testing may have led to an underestimation of infections, but with a population of 130 million, Mexico appears relatively unscathed by the pandemic so far. The virus…

Prospects for climate change in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

US re-entry into the Paris Agreement will signal renewed climate engagement by Washington. Prospects for climate cooperation are better than they seemed a year ago, with net-zero…

Africa’s vaccine deficit presents risks of variance

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AFRICA

Both the WHO and African Union (AU) have called for a moratorium on booster shot programmes to allow more supply to flow to regions such as Africa, where vaccination numbers…

South-east Asia outbreaks bring risk and opportunity

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

In recent months, the region has received jabs manufactured in China, India and Russia -- the key practitioners of ‘vaccine diplomacy’ -- as well as shots made in the West…

Russian oil supply cut would hit Central Europe hard

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EASTERN EUROPE

Flows resumed within days, but the sudden cut-off -- ascribed to overdue transit payments -- highlights Central Europe’s dependence on Russian oil imports and the difficulty of…

Central Asia faces COVID-19 surge and resurgence risks

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CENTRAL ASIA

Like Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan took timely action when evidence of COVID-19 emerged. Their governments' claim of effective management may prove justified but is…