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Daily Memo: Trade Deals, from Europe to Asia

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EU still united on Brexit. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels within days to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and try to strike a last-minute free trade agreement. Johnson reportedly also wanted to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, but both refused. EU […]

Daily Memo: Assemble the Fleet

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Revived 1st Fleet. The United States has confirmed plans to establish a naval fleet dedicated to the Indian Ocean basin and peripheral chokepoints in...

Daily Memo: US Tariffs on Chinese Goods, Russian Weapons in the Kurils

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U.S. tariffs. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that he won’t quickly do away with U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods – and rather that...

Daily Memo: US Liquidity, Chinese Manufacturing

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U.S. liquidity. The U.S. Federal Reserve will extend until March 31 four emergency liquidity programs that were set to expire at the end of...

The Geopolitics of Vaccine Distribution

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The American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, in collaboration with German firm BioNTech, surprised the world when it announced that its coronavirus vaccine showed 90 percent...

The World’s Largest Trade Pact

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(click to enlarge) Judging solely by its headline figures, the newly inked 15-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – by most metrics the world’s largest...

Daily Memo: China Airs Its Grievances With Australia

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14 points of disagreement. A day after Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian listed seven points of disagreement with Australia – ostensibly as justification...

Daily Memo: Risks of Debt Contagion in China

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Chinese corporate debt troubles. Two Chinese state-linked enterprises said Monday that they would not be able to meet upcoming onshore bond repayment obligations. Defaults...

Daily Memo: Going After Chinese Companies, Updates on Nagorno-Karabakh

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The U.S. goes after Chinese finance. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning investment in more than 30 Chinese companies...

Daily Memo: China Plays Tough in the Pacific

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Empowering China’s coast guard. Beijing has drafted legislation authorizing the Chinese coast guard to fire on foreign vessels that intrude into Chinese-claimed waters. The...

Daily Memo: Strains in US-South Korea Ties

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South Korea rebuffs the U.S. on military … South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook, apparently for the first time, hinted on Tuesday (but never...

Daily Memo: Progress in Libya and Belarus

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Second wave crashes on Europe’s recovery. A second wave of coronavirus infections is pushing eurozone economies into a double-dip recession, according to preliminary surveys...
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