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Norway deal will help Indonesia reduce deforestation

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INDONESIA

The MoU comes just over a year after Indonesia terminated a similar pact with Norway. In October 2021, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo issued a regulation designed to help…

Abe's US visit tightens alliance ties

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JAPAN/US

This is the first state visit extended to a Japanese prime minister since Junichiro Koizumi's in 2006 under the George W Bush administration. Abe was awarded the honour on April…

May will have to negotiate Brexit in EU and at home

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EU/UK

The next challenge for UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to reconcile the requirements laid down by the EU and domestic political pressures in progressing the Brexit talks still…

Canberra rejects conditions for 'resetting' China ties

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AUSTRALIA

China has issued what it describes as ‘guidelines’ for improving bilateral relations but the new Labor government is maintaining a hard line, at least in public. However, there…

EU will enter Brexit talks as a united actor

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EU

The guidelines will be turned into formal negotiating directives that have legal authority.

A transitional UK-EU Brexit deal is likely

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EU/UK

The nature of Brexit and its medium-term implications will only become clear as the negotiations surrounding Article 50 and any longer-term trade deal get under way. The nature of…

ASEAN and partners are far from sealing key trade pact

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ASEAN

Most of ASEAN’s dialogue partners will be present at the talks in Bangkok. High on the agenda will be attempts to conclude negotiations over the Regional Comprehensive Economic…

ASEAN-China sea code remains years away

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ASEAN/CHINA

China’s continued assertion of its expansive claims not only creates friction between Beijing and the South-east Asian claimants but also increases US-Chinese tensions.

Global standards would curb conflict mineral trade

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INTERNATIONAL

As part of the meeting, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted a joint forum with the OECD to address a key problem facing the diamond industry -- the absence of universal…

An EU-UK transition period will be hard to negotiate

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EU/UK

The implicit assumption, that it will be relatively straightforward to negotiate a transition period to bridge the gap between the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU and the…