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US WTO dissatisfaction will not abate soon

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UNITED STATES

This was because the United States, frustrated at what it perceives as the body's overreach, has been blocking the appointment of new judges. As a result, there are no longer…

Gulf legislatures will fail to boost their authority

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GULF STATES

The functions, authorities and memberships of those bodies, however, vary widely. The development of each depended on the real or perceived threat of political opposition, the…

African electoral bodies will struggle to gain trust

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AFRICA

African electoral commissions.

Bombardier's Delta CSeries deal may trigger a WTO case

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CANADA

Bombardier -- one of the top four global aircraft manufacturers and a significant source of employment in Canada and abroad -- is currently seeking a federal bailout to alleviate…

Canberra spends more to reduce Indigenous inequalities

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AUSTRALIA

The government admitted that earlier efforts to improve Indigenous livelihoods had been an “enormous failure”, with many goals set out in the Closing the Gap programme still…

Indian Ocean Rim Association may gain relevance

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Outlook for the Indian Ocean Rim Association.

Catalan polarisation will increase in Spanish politics

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SPAIN

Sanchez’s Socialist Party (PSOE) will form a minority government with the left-wing Sumar party in the wake of July's election. The government’s survival is contingent on the…

Risks to Mexican autonomous electoral bodies to endure

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MEXICO

The failure of political parties in the Chamber of Deputies to agree on the appointments, amid allegations levelled against some candidates of political bias, meant that, for the…

Competition will rise in global civil aerospace

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INTERNATIONAL

Civil aerospace outlook.

Critics will contest Ethiopia’s identity issues body

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ETHIOPIA

Ethiopia's identities and boundaries commission.