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Exports become priority task for Russian agriculture

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RUSSIA

After four years promoting food import substitution, Russia's government is looking to expand exports of foodstuffs including but not restricted to grain. State funding for the…

Prospects for African economies to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

African Economies H2 2019.

US vaping regulations are likely to tighten

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UNITED STATES

McConnell explained that his move is to crack down on middle and high school students increasingly using “tobacco products” and becoming “hooked”. This comes as a federal court on…

Philippine tax reforms will need compromise

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PHILIPPINES

Tax reform efforts in the Philippines.

Turkey’s illiberal economic model will extend further

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TURKEY

Erdogan spoke with pride of imposing additional customs duties to protect domestic industries, cheapening credit and launching a national car project. Economic policies are…

AMLO policies may hit Mexico-EU trade and investment

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MEXICO/EU

An agreement in principle in 2018, to modernise a 2000 trade deal to deepen trade and investment, is yet to be implemented. At the same time, controversial energy reforms pushed…

Cuban discontent will be muted despite economic woes

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CUBA

At the same time, private businesses have been allowed to import as never before. New privately owned shops caters to those with hard currency, but for most people the economic…

Battles over US waterways policies are ahead

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UNITED STATES

Later this year, the Trump administration’s Navigable Waters Protection (NWP) rule comes into force, the subject of the group's concern. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA…

IMF deal will bring little relief in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

The new agreement envisages a primary surplus of 2% of GDP, a zero general deficit and reserves accumulation of USD10bn; it includes no new funding. However, the widening gap…

South African lockdown easing will only do so much

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SOUTH AFRICA

President Cyril Ramaphosa, who had been under escalating pressure from business and organised labour to reopen the economy fully, justified the relaxation by citing reductions in…