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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
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 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
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