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Germany may raise spending to reduce imbalances

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GERMANY

Germany’s chronic trade surplus.

Germany’s trade surplus benefits the euro-area

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EURO-AREA

Germany’s trade surplus.

Greek coalition will play politics at debt talks

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GREECE

The government, with half an eye on a snap election, is determined not to accede to prolonged austerity without the trade-off of significant debt relief. Timing is all. The…

US removal of import benefits will hit ASEAN trade

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ASEAN/US

Headwinds for US-ASEAN trade.

Iran impact on global oil market will be slow

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INT/IRAN

This drop reflected concerns over China's slowdown, fears that Greece would be forced to leave the euro-area, and the agreement of a deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers (five…

Brexit will be damaging for UK-EU services trade

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UK/EU

Even if it succeeds, this will have a greater disruptive impact on the trade in services than goods, because the EU’s single market enables greater cross-border services trade…

Another rating upgrade is likely for Hungary soon

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HUNGARY

Hungary thereby regains investment-grade status, albeit at the lowest level, from being downgraded to 'junk' because of doubts about the government's policies and the high public…

EU carbon emissions trading faces an uncertain future

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EU

The EU's carbon trading system.

Recovery will depend on Greek cooperation with lenders

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GREECE

Greece’s relationship with its creditors.

New Greek government right or left will undo austerity

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GREECE

The Syriza government, trailing by a margin of around 10 percentage points (pp), has abandoned its commitment to creditors to reduce pensions and taxes in exchange for debt relief…