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COVID-19 Daily Scan

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 04, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

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 COVID-19 Daily Scan

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

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 02, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

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

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 01, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

Protectionism Spreads Globally With the New Coronavirus

Alongside growing opposition to Chinese investments, protectionism is widening. Nine of the world’s 10 largest economies have introduced new measures restricti....

June 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , UNSC , GCC , RIMPAC , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Locusts , Protectionism , New Taxes , Poverty Alleviation , Dollar Convertibility , Remote Learning , Cyberattacks , Drug Patents

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 29, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

IMF says pandemic may skew economic data and cause them to be less accurate

The coronavirus pandemic “has disrupted the production of many key statistics,” the International Monetary Fund said in a blog post this ....

May 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Coronavirus , WHO , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , Daily scan , Hong Kong , Food waste , Business Travel , Sustainable Investing , COP26 , Chinese students

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 28, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

European Union Plans $2 Trillion Coronavirus Response Effort

The European Union set out a $2 trillion coronavirus response plan, including a massive pooling of national financial resources that, if approved, would dee....

May 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Taiwan , Singapore , Big Data , European Commission , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Huawei , Hong Kong , Arctic , Power of Siberia , Japan Tourist Industry , Gazprom , Nord Stream 2 , Meng Wangzhou , Merck , Superspreaders

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 27, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical

China Rules Out Animal Market and Lab as Coronavirus Origin

Chinese scientists in recent days said they had ruled out both a laboratory and an animal market in the city of Wuhan as possible origins of the coronavirus ....

May 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Israel , South China Sea , Afghanistan , Belt and Road Initiative , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Antibodies , Fact-Check warning , Latin America , Air Travel , Artemis Accords , French Auto Industry

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 26, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

In Coronavirus Fight, Uncertainty Emerges as the New Enemy

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer notes that the coronavirus itself, of course, remains the biggest issue. “The longer it takes to fix the uncertaint....

May 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Cyber attacks , Uncertainty , Taxes , Yen , Solidarity Surcharge , UK-China , Multiannual Financial Framework , Red Cross , Tracers , Masks

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 25, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

Xi stresses analysing China's economy from comprehensive, dialectical, long-term perspective- CPPCC 2020

Xi called for consolidating the fundamental role of agriculture, ensuring stability on the six fronts and security....

May 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , CPEC , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Covid Surcharge , Corporate bailouts , Macau , Akademik Lomonosov , Digital tax , Savings , Arctic , Xi state visit , Iran-Venezuela , Cyclone Amphan

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 22, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic

Two Sessions 2020: China increases defence spending by 6.6 per cent but sets no GDP target, focuses on Hong Kong national security law

Beijing has announced an increase of 6.6 per cent in its military spending, but d....

May 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Face masks , National People’s Congress , Locusts , Remedesvir , Hong Kong , Open Skies Treaty , Economic Prosperity Network , Olympics , Euro