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EU scrutiny of Chinese investment will increase

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EU

Investment screening in the EU.

Australian hopes for more China trade may be premature

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AUSTRALIA

In mid-April, Beijing said that it would ‘review’ the high tariffs it imposed on Australian barley shipments in 2020, an issue which Australia had taken to the WTO, and this has…

South African mining could ride out lockdown period

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African post-lockdown mining.

June summits signal progress on EU-US trade ties

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EU/US

The two sides have suspended tariffs arising from their dispute over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing, are working on an international deal on corporate taxation and have…

Market fears may prove self-fulfilling in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The event, which was projected on outdoor screens to thousands outside and on television to high national ratings, has prompted controversy and even a criminal complaint…

India will attract more foreign investment

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INDIA

FDI reached USD40bn in April-September 2020, a 13% rise compared with the corresponding period in 2019. FPI totalled nearly USD23bn in 2020, up 58% from 2019.

Panama faces major fiscal and external challenges

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PANAMA

Partial or complete lockdowns are taking a heavy toll on activity, with a pronounced impact on construction (down 70.5%), manufacturing (down 29.5%), hotels and restaurants (down…

Market nerves roil Turkey and Central Europe

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EUROPE

Markets have taken badly the Fed's more hawkish policy guidance for 2017, not expecting such a shift in monetary policy so soon. The shift in US monetary policy comes just as the…

More US states to contest corporate diversity efforts

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UNITED STATES

Some 15 Republican states have passed or are considering legislation to ban or limit DEI programmes at institutions receiving state funding, including universities and colleges…