Ten days on from President Trump’s whirlwind visit to Israel and Egypt, the images of showmanship remain, but the ceasefire (let alone talk of peace) is very evidently and predictably fraying. As I noted here when the plan was first published – its terms “almost guarantee Netanyahu will resume killing, perhaps initially at lower intensity”.
Economics
Eurodad: OECD tax deal is unfair and fails to solve the problem
The OECD has produced a deal that has strong biases towards the interests of larger and richer countries, at the expense of the world’s poorest countries. Read here
Corruption
Politico – The Metsola exception: The European Parliament president and her lobbyist husband
The European Parliament President, Roberta Metsola, never made it public that her husband is a major Brussels lobbyist in the cruise ship industry, despite pushing through a law on lobbying transparency in the European Parliament […]
Economics
Reuters: Yuan tops euro as Brazil’s second currency in foreign reserves
The Chinese yuan has passed the euro to become the second most important currency in Brazilian foreign reserves, according to a central bank report on Friday, reflecting the deepening economic ties with Brazil’s biggest trading […]
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