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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 05, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic
EU and China postpone Leipzig summit due to coronavirus as Europe seeks broader scrutiny of foreign investment
A summit between China and the European Union, planned for September in the German city of Leipzig, has be

June 05, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Daily Scan, WTO, Indonesia, Hong Kong
China: Daily Scan, June 5, 2020
Dr Teshu Singh

Xi says China ready to work with Germany, EU to create more global certainty: Xinhuanet
June 5, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China stands ready to work with Germany and the European Union (EU) to strengt

June 05, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, China, Xi Jinping, COVID-19, National Anthem Bill, Digital economy
The World Environment Day: Bring Back Respect and Reverence for Nature to Save Mankind
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

The UN General Assembly designated fifth June as the World Environment Day in 1972. In 1974 the first Environment Day was celebrated on the theme “Only one Earth”. That theme is as relevant today as it was then. Covid-19 has brought home the onen

June 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, COVID-19, Pandemic, Locusts, Nature, earth, Cyclones, sustainable development, need & Greed
India-China Standoff : Contracting Options in Ladakh
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.)

The India-China border dispute spreads over more than 800 kms in the Western Sector, extending from a little West of Karakoram Pass till Gaya Peak on the Ladakh border with Himachal Pradesh, in the South. India claims 38000 Sq km of the territory pre

June 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, LAC, Ladakh, Galwan valley, China's transgressions, Western Sector, Middle Sector, Eastern Sector
दुनिया में भारत की बढ़ती जगह
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

दुनिया की सात विकसित अर्थव्यवस्थाओं के समूह जी-7 के विस्तार की अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रं

June 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article
Coronavirus and the Delayed “Two Sessions” of China
Dr Teshu Singh

Every year, the two biggest annual meetings of China takes place in March for two weeks, together they are called the “Two Sessions” or Lianghui. The two sessions include the plenary sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chin

June 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, NPC, Xi Jinping, PLA, CPPCC, Coronavirus, Li Keqiang, COVID-19, Hong Kong, Two Sessions, New Security Bill, US-China
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 04, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic
Saudi Arabia poised to reverse extra production cuts as Opec+ meets
Saudi Arabia is set to unwind the extra production cuts it pledged last month, increasingly confident that the grand bargain agreed by oil producers in

June 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Covid-19; Corona Virus; WHO; Hong Kong; Chinese
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 03, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic
U.S. Weighs Tariffs against Nations Seeking to Tax Internet Firms
The Trump administration is taking the initial step to prepare tariffs against a range of trading partners unless they back off proposals to impose taxes

June 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Covid-19; Tax Internet Firms; lockdown; WTO; 6G; Coronavirus; China; Huawei
What is happening in Libya?
Amb K P Fabian

We have been coming across reports, more in the foreign media than in the Indian, of the military gains of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the expense of the Tobruk-based General Khali

June 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Russia, Libya, Turkey, Oil, Tripoli, Tobruk, GNA, Haftar
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 02, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic
China bets on $2tn high-tech infrastructure plan to spark economy
When Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang delivered his government's annual work report in Beijing recently, the $2 trillion new high-tech infrastructure

June 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Taliban, WHO, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, WTO, Infrastructure Initiative, Cash Payouts, Gold Trading, Brent, Kremlin, Travel Bubbles, ICAO
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