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Expert briefing
Publication date: 20 February 2023

China has limited capacity to substitute for imports in this field over the next few years, so the critical factors will be US ability to enforce the controls and the extent to…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 April 2018

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…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 August 2016

US airlines' Q2 2016 earnings.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 June 2022

The package targets banking, energy, retail, telecommunications, airlines, pharmaceuticals and advertising: service sectors where multinationals have important stakes. It is one…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 October 2015

The left-right coalition that governed in January-August has been reconstituted with a reduced parliamentary majority. It is ostensibly committed to the reform programme…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 January 2022

Electricity companies wanted a near-38% rise amid soaring international market prices, but the ERC wanted to avoid a price shock. In November, the government declared an ‘energy…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 November 2018

A week previously, new Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) showed a worrying deterioration in deficit and debt ratios. However, President…

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