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USMCA could influence future trade deals’ focus

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NORTH AMERICA

US President Donald Trump has left the Trans-Pacific Partnership and escalated trade frictions with China. The USMCA, by contrast, shows a trade deal renegotiated, the…

New Zealand COVID-19 fightback prospects are positive

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NEW ZEALAND

The government has locked the country down for four weeks and legislated to borrow up 52 million dollars (30.7 million US dollars), equivalent to 17% of GDP. The Reserve Bank of…

COVID-19 will strain US health provision and budgets

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UNITED STATES

High and rising case numbers have strained public and private health systems. Medicaid, which caters to low-income families and will experience surging demand as job losses rise…

New NAFTA helps Canada’s Trudeau hurdle some problems

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CANADA

Along with Mexico’s leader President Enrique Pena Nieto, whose term ends on December 1, the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will be signed by US President Donald Trump and…

New Canadian party will launch next week

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CANADA

Canada’s opposition federal Conservative Party splintered on August 23, when Bernier left, citing irreconcilable differences with the party as it has developed under leader Andrew…

Romania aims to contain pandemic for December election

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ROMANIA

During January-September, amid restrictions and social distancing, the economy contracted by just 4.6% year-on-year, helped by the resilience of certain sectors and supportive…

China’s 5nm chip capability deepens Western concern

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CHINA

This level of sophistication is not the most advanced on the market: Apple’s M3 chips, as well as the A17 powering the most recent version of the iPhone, use 3nm chips.

Canada statement prefigures likely early election

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CANADA

The government expects a CAD381bn (USD297.5bn) deficit for fiscal year 2020-21 (ending March 31). It also promised a CAD100bn stimulus package from calendar 2021, in further…

Argentine economy will underperform again in 2015

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ARGENTINA

In 2014, real GDP expanded by 0.5%, according to the National Statistics Institute (INDEC). Public consumption was the counter-cyclical driver while the other components of…