Asia January 12, 2021 CHINA: Rules to counteract foreign sanctions are mostly symbolic China, Politics Gabriel Wildau New Commerce Ministry rules allow regulators to prohibit the application of foreign sanctions inside China. But Beijing will remain reluctant to scapegoat foreign business in retaliation for government action, given the desire to resist supply-chain decoupling.… Read the... Read More...
Asia January 12, 2021 JAPAN: Surging caseload suggests new state of emergency is only the beginning Japan, Politics covid-19 Tobias Harris On Thursday, 7 January, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga officially declared a month-long state of emergency for Tokyo and its neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama, and Kanagawa. The announcement came as the country set new records for case numbers nationwide... Read More...
January 12, 2021 Biden’s trump cards and challenges Big Picture, US Barring another dramatic twist in an already torturous two months of political upheaval, Joe Biden will find a very full in-tray when he settles into the famed Oval Office in eight days time.… Read the rest ... Read More...
Africa January 12, 2021 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Implications of Kenya’s DSSI accession Africa, Emerging Markets, Kenya, Politics Malte Liewerscheidt On 11 January, the Paris Club announced that Kenya would benefit from the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) from 1 January to 30 June 2021. At the start of a crucial... Read More...
Macro January 12, 2021 MACRO: Policy responses to Covid-19 Macro, Politics covid-19 Teneo Macro Below is this year’s first summary table on the health and economic policies that selected governments around the world are implementing to counter the fallout from Covid-19. The updated table includes information about each country’s vaccination strategy.… <a href="https://speevr.com/2021/01/12/macro-policy-responses-to-covid-19-12/"... Read More...
Europe January 12, 2021 ITALY: Simmering tensions come to boil Italy, Politics Conte, PD Wolfango Piccoli A cabinet meeting widely seen as setting the stage for a showdown in Italy’s simmering government crisis will be held today (12 January) at 9.30pm local time. The meeting has been called by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for the... Read More...
Europe January 12, 2021 GERMANY: The Merkel succession race is only about to begin Germany, Politics CDU, CSU Carsten Nickel Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) will vote for a new party leader at their digital convention on 16 January. However, this will not yet mark the decision about who will lead the Christian alliance (CDU/CSU) into the 26 September... Read More...
