PHILIPPINES: Duterte reluctantly agrees to doctors’ request for Manila lockdown
President Rodrigo Duterte re-imposed movement and business restrictions for the greater metropolitan Manila region from 4-18 August, following a plea Saturday from doctors’ organizations that the system could “not hold the line much longer.” The areas covered by the order account… Become a member to read the rest of this article Username or E-mail […]
WEEKLY POLITICAL COMPASS
In Germany, the deadline for the required proportionality assessment on the ECB’s PSPP is approaching. In Brazil, a reform of the tax system could be on its way, which could include a new digital services tax. In South Africa, a PPE corruption scandal is affecting the government…. Become a member to read the rest […]
INDIA: Further gradual decoupling ahead
Although disengagement by Indian and Chinese troops has begun on a nondemarcated border of the two countries where the Indian army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) clashed a few weeks ago, the Indian government is resorting to a variety of economic and trade measures to put… Become a member to read the rest […]