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EU-US data transfer pact faces legal hurdles

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EU/US

The Framework’s adoption would be facilitated by the possible passage in the United States of a long-awaited federal consumer privacy law. European data protection authorities…

Northern Ireland strains on EU-UK ties will persist

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UK/EU

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now focused on selling the agreement to Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The outcome…

May is likely to survive UK cabinet resignations

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UNITED KINGDOM

A large number of other Conservative members of parliament are also unhappy with aspects of the Chequers statement, which sets out plans for close ties with the EU for trade in…

Armenia's EU deal keeps options open and Russia happy

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ARMENIA

The agreement is designed to fall short of a full EU association agreement because Armenia remains in the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). All parties say they are…

New fiscal law aims to clean up Panama’s reputation

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PANAMA

This marks another step towards Panama’s long-standing aim of strengthening its fiscal framework and countering its reputation as a tax haven. While the law will bring some…

EU-Swiss institutional framework progress will be slow

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EU/SWITZERLAND

Without a dispute settlement mechanism in Swiss-EU relations, Switzerland has no legal leverage to defend its rights. Ironically, such a mechanism is the most controversial…

Africa-EU trade talks faces diverging pressures

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AFRICA

Africa-EU trade.

Data governance is diverging across largest markets

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INT

The UK survey captures a sentiment now common across many countries that while data-enabled business models, products and services have generated tremendous economic and social…

EU fiscal rule reform will raise member-state tensions

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EU

Debt and deficit rules have failed. Fiscal policy has become a matter of negotiation between the Commission and EU countries, with the former's judgement mattering more than…

Global vulture funds action will be restricted

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INTERNATIONAL

Prospects for vulture fund activity.