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US trade policy is evolving more slowly than expected

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UNITED STATES

Tai had meetings in Brussels with EU officials and business, labour and environmental leaders as she works to coalesce European support for addressing China's non-market trade…

Religious freedom will slowly expand in Vietnam

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VIETNAM

Catholics are a sizeable minority religious group in the country, numbering roughly 7 million out of a population of nearly 100 million. Vietnam and the Vatican have not had…

Outlook is bright for key leftist leader in Sri Lanka

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SRI LANKA

According to the constitution, the poll must take place in September-October. The JVP was formed as a Marxist-Leninist party. Recent opinion polling suggests Dissanayake would be…

UK investment in Africa will lag international rivals

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UK/AFRICA

UK-Africa trade, investment.

Ethiopia-Egypt water dispute requires tough compromise

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ETHIOPIA/EGYPT

The dam project, situated near the source of the Blue Nile, has long been a centrepiece of Ethiopia’s development plans, but also a major source of tension with downstream…

UK Premier May will moderate pro-Brexit policy

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UNITED KINGDOM

She has exploited her unexpectedly strong mandate among the parliamentary party and the fact that she has succeeded David Cameron several weeks earlier than anticipated to make…

EU will push for granting MES to China

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INT/CHINA

If not offset by other changes, this will result in lower duties on Chinese imports found to have been dumped in the European market. Such a decision will be commercially…

Ethiopia may fail to deliver on transitional justice

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ETHIOPIA

The policy includes some changes from the justice ministry’s initial draft, most significantly the removal of a proposal for a special court to prosecute the most serious crimes…

Tariffs could fracture EU-US partnership

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EU/US

The US administration’s announcement in March to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports triggered swift condemnation from Europe. Intense lobbying granted a temporary…

Colombia will push for crop substitution

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COLOMBIA

New anti-drug policies are designed to encourage coca producers to switch to alternative crops and provide mechanisms for them to become landowners. Alternative development…