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European state intervention will persist beyond COVID

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EU

Building on previous strategies, it will focus on the twin priorities of Europe becoming a global player in the green and digital economies. It may also offer clues concerning the…

More Gulf bank mergers likely, within national borders

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GULF STATES

After a decade of stasis, consolidation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sector has grown to fever pitch, with rumours about new combinations emerging on an almost…

Brexit will give the UK economy new opportunities

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UNITED KINGDOM

The main impacts of Brexit will be new tariff and non-tariff barriers, a new immigration regime that will favour medium- and high-skilled people from outside the EU, the ability…

Singapore’s green credentials will grow

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SINGAPORE

In October, it signed a landmark green economy deal with Australia. The Financial Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore…

Concerns about Mexico’s energy sector will endure

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MEXICO

The outcome was a blow for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), who championed the bill. It nevertheless follows a Supreme Court ruling on April 7 that a 2021…

Intra-elite rivalries shape Algerian economic policies

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ALGERIA

The statement comes against a move by Bouteflika to undercut an effort by Ouyahia to promote privatisation as part of a strategy for dealing with the sharp fall in oil and gas…

Nigeria free trade agreement benefits should win out

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NIGERIA

Nigeria joins AfCFTA.

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe to end-2020.

New Myanmar government faces tough policy tests

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MYANMAR

This follows the National League for Democracy (NLD) winning an absolute Union parliament majority, meaning it can form the next government alone and elect the next Union…

Prospects for Mexico to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects to end-2019.