South African budget prompts cheer and wider divisions

Pro-investor elements of the new budget contrast with politically contentious expenditure cuts

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Pandemic may tighten ‘peak’ trade and FDI constraints

Disruption to trade, travel, FDI and supply chains will accelerate the move from hyper-globalisation towards peak trade

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Delhi is displeased with Sri Lanka’s cancellation of an agreement for India to develop a terminal at the Colombo port

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Recent fires in hospitals have exposed the need for change in Romania’s underfunded and understaffed healthcare system

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Higher international prices and the outcome of federal talks will be more important than output to fiscal security

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Brazilian markets have been shaken by the sudden dismissal of the CEO of state-controlled oil company Petrobras

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The United States has initiated sanctions against the Myanmar military over the recent coup

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The new administration faces choices over how it should reframe its trade policy in Africa

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Tunisia is facing the pandemic and its consequences with a gridlocked government

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The European Commission has identified areas to bolster the international status of the euro

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