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Arce and business to seek an accommodation in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

President Luis Arce will seek to steer a consensual policy with respect to Bolivia’s business community, despite attacking some members of the former interim presidency of Jeanine…

South Africa's SAA points to wider reform headaches

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SOUTH AFRICA

Uncertainty persists over SAA’s turnaround strategy, as well as that for other ailing SOEs including arms manufacturer Denel and the Land Bank. Operational problems at troubled…

Peru labour outsourcing brings conflicting pressures

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PERU

The dispute reflects the pressures imposed on the Castillo administration from both organised labour and the business community. Business groups have proved their capacity to…

AMLO contradictions fuel Mexico business uncertainty

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MEXICO

Tensions between business leaders and AMLO escalated in May, after he accused several prominent businesspeople of conspiring with the government and putting pressure on their…

Australia raises migrant numbers amid labour reforms

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AUSTRALIA

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil indicated the programme would end after the government held a summit with business, community and trade union leaders to consider ways to boost…

South Africa’s Zuma will limp on as ANC splits further

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SOUTH AFRICA

Earlier this month, the South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) released separate reports alleging a corrosive process of ‘state…

Canberra may need to split workplace reform efforts

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AUSTRALIA

These changes, which focus particularly on casual workers, faced particular lobbying from parts of the business sector, which described them as costly and unnecessary, but they…

South Korea's family conglomerates will escape reform

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea's conglomerates are symbols of national pride and jobs with them are highly sought after, but their faults are roundly criticised. Samsung, the largest, is widely…

Bolivia political divisions will deepen pre-elections

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BOLIVIA

Despite temporary respite over the issue of judicial elections, splits within the ruling Movement towards Socialism (MAS) are set to continue.

Jokowi’s job law will lack impact absent more reforms

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INDONESIA

The job creation law, designed to improve ease of doing business in Indonesia, is an ‘omnibus law’ -- a single law that revises several other laws. Petitions have been launched…