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Britain outlines plans for 'unlikely' no-deal Brexit
AFP, Published on 23/08/2018
» LONDON - Britain on Thursday outlined plans for managing the fallout in the "unlikely" scenario of Brexit talks collapsing, warning that businesses faced more customs red tape and consumers risked higher card payment charges.
SET posts weekly gain despite global trade tensions
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 25/08/2018
» Recap: Two days of low-level talks failed to yield any progress in the US-China trade standoff, with new tit-for-tat tariffs creating further friction. Market sentiment was also pressured by the release of Fed meeting minutes pointing to another US interest-rate increase next month.
Macron to renew plea for closer Europe
AFP, Published on 26/08/2018
» PARIS - With nine months to go before European parliament elections, France's President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday renew his plea for a more integrated EU, against a global wave of nationalism.
China, Russia's war game obsession
News, Peter Apps, Published on 31/08/2018
» As the West obsesses over Donald Trump's legal and political challenges, Brexit and a host of other domestic crises, Chinese troops will join their Russian counterparts for Moscow's largest military exercises in more than three decades.
Asia at risk of being its own worst enemy
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 31/08/2018
» The broad unravelling of the post-war liberal international system is no longer a matter of dispute. Its manifestations over the past decade from the disintegration of the Middle East as we knew it and the de-integration of the European Union with "Brexit" and anti-migration sentiment to the United States' unilateral turn against openness and liberal values so fundamental to its rise all testify to a murky and portentous international environment. Similarly, the global trading system no longer works like it used to as multilateral trade liberalisation has given way to plurilateral and bilateral free-trade agreements.
US stock gauges hit record highs amid currency crises
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 01/09/2018
» Recap: An overnight drop in the Argentinian peso and fresh concerns about an ongoing trade dispute between China and the US pressured emerging-market currencies on Friday.
Migrant crisis haunts EU three years after Merkel's fateful call
AFP, Published on 02/09/2018
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel won accolades for her stunning call on September 4, 2015 to keep open Germany's doors to hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, many fleeing war-torn Syria or Iraq.
Surge in Tory members sparks fears of right-wing takeover
AFP, Published on 02/09/2018
» LONDON - As internal divisions over Brexit plague Britain's ruling Conservative Party, a recent surge in membership has left some fearing the new recruits have ulterior motives.
Boris Johnson predicts EU 'victory' in Brexit talks
AFP, Published on 03/09/2018
» LONDON - Former foreign secretary and Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson penned a renewed attack on Britain's government Monday, predicting "victory" for the European Union in its negotiations with London.
10 years on, crisis mode is new normal for central banks
AFP, Published on 04/09/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN: The collapse of US investment giant Lehman Brothers 10 years ago forced central banks to take unprecedented steps to help rescue the global economy, thrusting them into uncharted territory they are still navigating.