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Ideas for US-India cooperation on trade in the health sector in the time of COVID-19
Mark Linscott, Atlantic Council According to Global Trade Alert, fifty-four countries have applied new trade restrictions on medical...


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...


Greek-US trade and investment relations at the forefront of economic diplomacy
The National Herald The strong bonds between Greece and the US were highlighted at a round table digital discussion by the US think tank...


World Leaders taking to Facebook during the CoronaVirus Pandemic
Matthias Lüfkens, Medium As the pandemic has changed how everyone interacts, it has also changed how world leaders use digital channels;...


Israeli Consulate hosts medical webinar featuring Miami Mayor
Sergio Carmona, South Florida Sun Sentinel Webinar hosted by the Israeli Consulate in Miami for community highlights potential uses for...


China's "Wolf Warrior diplomacy" Joins Twitter
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Axios Scores of Chinese diplomats and embassies around the world have opened Twitter accounts over the past six...


China’s protest of India’s revised FDI Policy: A process of de-globalisation begins opine experts
Huma Siddiqui, Financial Express Anticipating greater control of Chinese investors or eventual hostile takeover, the government of India...


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...


Governments must build trust in AI to fight COVID-19 – Here’s how they can do it
Simon Greenman, World Economic Forum In a time where AI has helped governments fight against COVID-19, we must ensure that the data usage...


U.S. Adversaries Are Accelerating, Coordinating Coronavirus Disinformation, Report Says
Jessica Donati, Wall Street Journal An echo chamber fed by China, Russia, and Iran feeds denigrating information about the U.S.,...


The Balkans Back at the Center
The Balkans & South East Europe in the middle of geopolitics again Over the past 10 years, the Balkans have been a focal point of the...


The New Normal: Virtual summits and Conference Calls
Andreas Sandre, Medium “Diplomacy never stops”, digital diplomacy at all time high with summits and virtual meetings involving the G7,...


Egypt sends military plane filled with medical aid to help U.S. with coronavirus
Michelle Boorstein and Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post Egypt sent medical supplies to the United States as part of efforts to aid...


Chile to issue world's first 'immunity passports' to people who have recovered from coronavirus
Justine Coleman, The Hill Chile is expected to issue the world’s first “immunity passports” to people who have recovered from the...


Too much oil: How a barrel came to be worth less than nothing
Stanley Reed and Clifford Krauss, New York Times One oil price went negative on Monday, signaling that there is no place to store all the...


Keeping an eye on Chinese FDI
Suman Layak, The Economic Times As a safeguard measure, the India government wants to scrutinise FDI originating from China. Read the...


For global diplomats, Zoom is not like being in the room
Ryan Heath, Politico For diplomats from some of the world’s far-flung and poorer countries, virtual conferences have been a lifeline in...


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...


NATO warns allies to block China buying spree
Teri Schultz, Deutsche Welle Will the financial fallout from COVID-19 make European infrastructure vulnerable to the Chinese government's...


Aid has failed. COVID-19 both exposes this and offers the chance for a reset.
Bobi Wine & Greg Mills, African Arguments Coronavirus has laid bare the failures of aid. Instead of it being wasted or used to prop up...
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