Last week’s talks between Trans-Pacific Partnership states demonstrated members’ commitment to inking the wide-spanning free trade agreement even though the meeting failed to produce any major breakthroughs. TPP signatories face a daunting task in finalizing a new framework by November – the agreed upon deadline, after President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew the U.S. from the deal. But experts said…
Estonia is taking steps to fend off potential hacking attacks as cyber-security fears intensify and it is the only country in the world where voters elect their leaders through online balloting. According to Tarvi Martens, the National Electoral Committee’s head of e-voting, a software overhaul for the system, introduced in 2005, is ready for testing before local elections…
With the potential for another election still a distinct possibility, many market participants are kept on the edge by U.K. leader Theresa May and her weakened government despite the fact that the government has weathered a particular nasty political storm in recent months. There is “considerable risk of the (U.K.’s) government collapsing,” says Joan Hoey,…
Certain member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership countries now need convincing to stay on board with the massive trade deal even as the 11 remaining TPP countries continue talks without Washington this week. After President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. earlier this year the TPP no longer remains alive as the world’s largest trade…
The German government has raised the bar on criteria for overseas acquirers seeking to snap up domestic targets in tech-heavy industries, and analysts believe that Germany has essentially reacted to last year’s foreign deal-making frenzy. In case a deal is perceived to threaten public order or national security, the German government is allowed to block…
Sitting in for the president when he stepped away for one-on-one meetings with world leaders, Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, took his seat at a Group of 20 meeting table in Hamburg. Seated between Chinese President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister Theresa May, is Ivanka Trump sitting at her father’s place, shows a photo on…
While insisting that their Persian Gulf neighbor shutter Al-Jazeera, cut back diplomatic ties to Iran and close down a Turkish military base in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar issued a steep list of demands Thursday to end the crisis. The countries also demand that Qatar sever all…
A tepid reception from EU leaders was met, who stressed that many issues remain unresolved, to U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposal to safeguard residency rights of European Union citizens currently living in the U.K. Saying she wanted to offer them as much certainty as possible about their futures, almost all 3 million EU citizens…
According to Luc Frieden, who has held several portfolios within the Luxembourg cabinet over the past few decades, U.K. financial services firms will definitely not be able to carry on business as normal within the European Union (EU) after it leaves the bloc. “We need a strong partnership with the United Kingdom, it’s our neighbor…
While Westminster comes to terms with a hung parliament, Britain was plunged deep into political uncertainty after last week’s inconclusive General Election. It is therefore important to understand the impact on investors over the coming months because of this. “Clearly the pound is a little bit weaker, I think it’s going to bounce around for…
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