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Digital Nomads Are New Travel Winners, As Entire Countries Open Doors To Work Tourism
Alex Ledsom, Forbes Digital nomads used to be a niche in the travel market, posting enviable photos on Instagram of a sumptuous working...
Who's a bot? Who's Not?
Siobhan Roberts, New York Times It sometimes seems that automated bots are taking over social media and driving human discourse. But some...
How coronavirus is changing the rules on foreign investment in essential areas
Anastasia Ufimtseva, Daniel Shapiro, Jing Li, The conversation Despite the G20 commitment to keep foreign direct investment (FDI) and...
Australia's diplomatic spat with China over coronavirus investigation approaches farce
Stephen Dziedzic, ABC Australia An extraordinary diplomatic dispute between Australia and China over the COVID-19 outbreak has laid bare...
A less direct approach: Amended FDI regulation is problematic under the WTO law
Prabhash Ranjan & Jay Manoj Sanklecha, Financial Express India recently amended its FDI policy by subjecting investments from countries...
Covid-19 jolts West Africa, pushes Ecowas to action
Mohammed Momoh, Daily Nation The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, is choosing collective action to save its nearly 400 million people...
UAE and Malaysian Foreign Ministers review bilateral ties, global fight against COVID-19
Emirates News Agency Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Dato' Sri...
‘Can’t fight COVID-19 alone’: ASEAN leaders call for collaboration in food security and open trade
Pearly Neo, Food Navigator-Asia.com Country leaders of all the member states comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
WTO and IMF urge nations to lift trade restrictions amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jacob Dougherty, Jurist The heads of the international agencies said that the trade restrictions on supplies used to fight COVID-19 could...
U.S. and Brazil Business Organizations Urge First Phase of a Bilateral Trade Agreement in 2020 
US Chamber of Commerce Leading business organizations from the United States and Brazil, sent a letter to the governments of both...
Calibrating the COVID-19 Crisis Response to the SDGs
The COVID-19 pandemic has also morphed into a larger and more global economic and social crisis than the financial collapse of 2008-2009.
Presidents of Bulgaria and Georgia discussed readiness to boost trade after the coronavirus
novinite.com The development of the transport, energy and digital corridors in the Black Sea region will be particularly important after...
Foreign investment is drying up thanks to COVID-19. But there may be a silver lining
Cristián Rodriguez Chiffelle, Peter Vanham, The World Economic Forum The COVID-19 case has created massive uncertainty in global capital...
As global economies dwindle, world wakes up to China’s hostile takeovers amid pandemic
Geeta Mohan, India Today As the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter economies across the world, including India and the European...
EU aims to bar ‘predatory’ takeovers of weakened firms
EURACTIV.com with AFP EU trade ministers vowed on Thursday (16 April) to protect strategic European companies weakened by the...
EU trade chief urges tougher defences against foreign takeovers
Jim Brunsden, Financial Times The EU’s trade commissioner has urged countries to toughen their vetting of foreign takeover bids, warning...
Impact of Covid-19 on FDI regimes
S&R Associates, Bloomberg Quint In the last few years, countries such as the United States have intervened in or blocked proposed...
EU FDI screening: Protecting strategic assets and technology during the corona crisis
Sophie-Charlotte Fischer, CSS ETH Zurich The criticality of medical goods and volatility of European economies resulting from the corona...
America, China and saving the WHO
Kevin Rudd, The Economist The crisis exposes realities for what they are. The uncomfortable truth about the current coronavirus crisis is...
Despite New China-Africa Tension, Beijing Has a Pivotal Role to Play in Africa's COVID-19 Recovery
John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations Videos and images have surfaced showing young African men being dragged in handcuffs by...
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