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EU supply chain law faces major obstacles in Germany

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EU/GERMANY

The vote was lost following Germany’s decision to oppose the directive, which encouraged others to abstain. There are only a few weeks left for the Council to vote again on the…

Prospects for the EU in 2022

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PROSPECTS 2022

Two of the most pressing issues will be reforms to EU fiscal rules and Poland's challenge to the primacy of EU law.

Political posturing stalls India's GST reform

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INDIA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, which lacks a majority in the upper house, will miss its intended GST implementation date of April 1…

NAFTA talks will spare North American energy trade

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NORTH AMERICA

As a new round of talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) looms, the region’s booming energy trade is in the spotlight. Trump’s hard-line rhetoric around the…

Italy could be heading for a deeper recession

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ITALY

Italy's economy.

Soft landing has become more likely in Central Europe

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EU

The NBP’s March Inflation Report lowers its forecast for average CPI significantly to 1.7%, from 3.2% in its November forecast; GDP is to grow by 4.0% (November: 3.6%). Outside…

Next UK leader will struggle to unify ruling party

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UNITED KINGDOM

The party could elect a new leader by early September. Johnson’s successor will take over a deeply divided party with declining public support and pressing questions over what it…

Nigerian energy reforms may track wider openings

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NIGERIA

Yet worsening macroeconomic conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a fall in oil prices and declining foreign currency reserves, have forced President Muhammadu Buhari’s…