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Climate change GDP risk is high regardless of income

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A new study overrules past suggestions that poorer, tropical nations will lose more GDP to the impacts of climate change

Budget and climate pressures affect the growth outlook

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OECD economies will be under increasing strain to decarbonise while also keeping their budget balances sustainable

Tariffs will test not reconfigure global supply chains

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UNITED STATES-CHINA

The United States and China are imposing tariffs on over 50 billion dollars of the other’s imports -- and threaten more

Population trends pose development challenges

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Just 2% of global population gain in 2016-40 will be in advanced countries; 56% will be in Africa and the Middle East

Reducing evasion is key as business taxes race lower

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President-elect Donald Trump aims to "cut business taxes massively" as the US corporate tax rate is the G20's highest

Deaths of despair could hinder the economic recovery

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Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair

Policy is key to curbing the forces driving inequality

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The rich are getting richer globally but policies fostering redistribution, diversification and growth can check this

Taxing capital over income and spending needs momentum

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Wealth is more unequal than income; tackling property prices and tax is more crucial for some nations than others

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow

UK 'pivot' to ASEAN to see more post-Brexit engagement

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Brexit will add impetus to a realignment of UK foreign policy underway, and open new ASEAN-UK trade opportunities