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Risk of a global double-dip recession is rising
The flash manufacturing and services surveys stuttered in Japan and Europe in October
InternationalThere will be new restrictions on internal UK trade
There will be new customs and regulatory checks on trade entering and leaving Northern Ireland from next year
United KingdomGreek EU role outbids Turkey in relations with Albania
Greece improves relations with Albania by agreeing to refer ten-year maritime border dispute to ICJ
AlbaniaSecond-level US and EU measures will not deter Russia
The EU sanctions Russians for complicity in the Navalny poisoning after Washington charges GRU staff with serial hacking
United StatesEU’s new rule of law mechanism will lack teeth
Authoritarian challenges to democracy will continue despite the EU’s attempt to set agreed rule of law standards
EUBrexit trade deal is still more likely than not
Despite recent tensions, the EU and United Kingdom have made progress on the substantive issues
United KingdomBiden win would ease digital tax policy strain
France has reinstated its digital tax after the OECD once again failed to agree on a global corporate tax framework
InternationalEU asylum reforms leave key tensions unresolved
The European Commission’s new proposals for asylum reform fail to prepare the EU for another migration crisis
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