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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 21, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Coronavirus stimulus inflation risk depends on politics, not economics
What shifts a society from being in the column of present-day Japan or the U.S. to being in the column with Argentina of the 1980s or Weimar Germa....

May 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Afghanistan , CPEC , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Green Deal , Inflation , Stimulus , migrant workers , SEC , Satellite Network , Sikkim
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 20, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Celebrities and ostentatious wealth lose their appeal in coronavirus crisis
The outsized egos and ostentatious displays of wealth that were once so captivating now feel weirdly pointless and even irrelevant. But will ....

May 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , CPEC , Tsai Ing-wen , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Inflation , Deflation , Facebook Shops , Reshoring , Qiao Liang , Microelectronics , Drug trials
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 19, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Merkel, Breaking German ‘Taboo,’ Backs Shared E.U. Debt to Tackle Virus
Faced with economic calamity and the threat of the coronavirus further fracturing the European Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on ....

May 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Taiwan , tariffs , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Inflation , WHA , Merkel , Oil and Gas , Airline Travel , TRIPS , Dengue , BeiDou , Moderna
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 18, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Huawei ban sets up game of chicken between world's biggest economies
Trump's rhetoric on Beijing has turned increasingly aggressive in recent weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsened in the U.S., but the Commerce De....

May 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , 5G , West Bank , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Huawei , Antitrust , CNOOC , WHO Summit , Venezuela , Special Operations , Vaccines
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 15, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic
From Japan to US, pandemic 'exit plans' take shape
Japan, its Asian neighbours, European countries and the U.S. are all looking to carve their own unique paths toward the same destination -- an exit from the coronavi....

May 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Trade deal , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , WTO , logistics , Green Deal , Rohingya , TSMC , Mental Health
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 14, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
China refuses to give up developing country status in WTO
Despite the Trump administration's strong protests against China's unfair trading advantages in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese representative ....

May 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , shipping , COVID-19 Daily Scan , WTO , Huawei , Jay Powell , PPP Loans , Coal , Food Security WHO , GDP growth target , France , Antibodies , Borders
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 13, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Japan, US affirm need for WTO reform
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer affirmed the need for reforms to the World Trade Organization in a phone call on May 12, the Fore....

May 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Taiwan , Unemployment , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , WTO Reform , Toyota , Consumer Prices , Energy Storage , Currency Crisis , Wuhan Probe , JL-3
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 12, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Investment between U.S. and China Falls as Tensions, Coronavirus Take Toll
Investment between the U.S. and China is off to a weak start in 2020 and could worsen, according to a report published on May 11 that tallies ....

May 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , national security , Belt and Road Initiative , VAT , Wuhan , COVID-19 , Social distancing , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Supply chains , US-China investment , Phase One deal , Small Business aid , Carbon Economy
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 11, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical
Physicians report numbers of patients who are able to tolerate very low blood-oxygen levels
Doctors have dubbed these patients “happy hypoxemics,” a reference to the paradox of abnormally low levels of oxygen foun....

May 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , artificial intelligence , Africa , NATO , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Ventilators , Semiconductor Chips , Cyber attacks , Mount Everest , Negative interest rates
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 8, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
US-China trade negotiators vow to save phase one deal on first call during pandemic
Top trade negotiators from the United States and China spoke by phone on May 08 and vowed to continue to support the phase one trade....

May 08, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US-China trade , WHO , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Sharing Economy , Coronavirus recovery
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