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USMCA to keep tariffs as US opens bilateral talks with Mexico, freezing out Canada

The United States intends to maintain tariffs on imports from both Mexico and Canada even after the USMCA is revamped, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer confirmed on May 26.

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India’s Morbi ceramic cluster hit by supply chain disruptions linked to Middle East conflict

The Indian ceramic and tiles industry, which maintains a deep trade link with the countries in the Middle East region, has been severely affected by the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.

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BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Defiant Ozel declares Erdogan will be ousted by 60% of voters in snap poll

Unfortunately, as per usual, the CHP does not appear to be living in the real world.

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The return of the Silk Road as the “C6”, a key geopolitical link between Europe and Asia

There is a map that used to hang in the offices of Soviet central planners in Moscow, showing the five republics of Central Asia as a single administrative unit with all roads pointing to Moscow. Today the arrows point in all directions at once.

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BALKAN BLOG: Is Serbia’s president really on his way out?

Is Aleksandar Vučić finally running out of road? In Serbia, it is the question that follows every large protest.

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Three-way race tests Colombia's shifting political order

A leftist senator, a far-right flamboyant provocateur and a conservative dynast vie to define the country's next chapter as Colombians head to the polls on May 31.

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BALKAN BLOG: Great powers’ competing agendas for the Western Balkans

EU sidelined as Washington warns over China and Russia's influence in new strategy document, while Xi Jinping honours Serbia’s president in Beijing.

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Trump's Abraham Accords gambit appears doomed to fail, given Iran's regional strength

With Iran making itself a heavily relied upon partner to regional allies, US President Donald Trump's bid to bring Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey into the Abraham Accords with Israel appears destined to fail.

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Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro turns to Trump as Brazil probe deepens

AEC presents African Energy Person of Year 2026 award to Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote

Ukraine shifts from wartime survival to long-term economic planning

Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro turns to Trump as Brazil probe deepens

Flávio Bolsonaro travelled to Washington on May 26 for a private meeting with Donald Trump, seeking to shore up his political standing ahead of Brazil's October presidential election following a financial scandal involving a disgraced banker.

AEC presents African Energy Person of Year 2026 award to Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has presented the “African Energy Person of the Year” award to Nigerian businessman and industrialist Aliko Dangote, the founder, president and CEO of the Dangote Group.

Ukraine shifts from wartime survival to long-term economic planning

Ukraine’s economy shrank sharply following the start of the war in 2022, with industrial facilities, energy infrastructure and logistics networks repeatedly targeted by missile and drone strikes.

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Ukraine's drone campaign bites into Russian fuel supply as refinery damage forces emergency imports from Belarus

Russia's purchases of Belarusian gasoline on the St Petersburg commodity exchange exceeded 17,000 tonnes in early May — roughly 58-times the volume bought in the same period last year.

Russia seeks partial privatisation of state carrier Aeroflot

Russian national air carrier Aeroflot plans to privatise a 23.76% stake worth approximately $634mn as part of the government’s financial market development programme.

Turkish police move in on opposition rally called over ousting of leader, seizing of party HQ

Teargas and water cannon used to break up Izmir crowd. CHP says political battle will be fought between “the people and Erdogan”.

Ukraine's ammunition lifeline frays as US scales back Nato commitments

Half of the members' ammunition alliance to supply Ukraine with shells have withdrawn from the Czech-led initiative that has kept the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) supplied with crucial munitions in its war with Russia in the last two years.

Bulgaria could gain up to €70mn from hosting Eurovision 2027

Bulgaria could generate between €45mn and €70mn in net economic benefits from hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, driven largely by tourism and hospitality spending.

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Argentina unveils ‘Super RIGI’ bill to attract billion-dollar technology investments

Argentina's government has sent to Congress a new investment incentive bill dubbed "Super RIGI", targeting projects worth at least $1bn in sectors including artificial intelligence, semiconductors and advanced biotechnology.

Russia’s state VTB Bank and e-commerce major Wildberries said to approach deal

Russia’s second-largest state-controlled bank VTB has reportedly agreed on the main terms of a strategic partnership with Wildberries.

India as a rising pharmaceutical power

India’s ace in the hole is mainly generic drug manufacturing, a sub-sector of pharmaceutical manufacturing where it holds over 20% of the market by volume. This translates into manufacturing for over 60,000 brands in 60 distinct categories.

Self-driving Turkish bus hit from behind one hour after its public transport launch in Sweden

Smash-up involved an e-ATAK, the first full length autonomous bus in the world, and a tram.

Tau Scaling Law: China on course for 1.4nm microchip breakthrough

China’s tech holding Huawei is rewriting the rules of chip design. A new scaling law unveiled in Shanghai this week proposes replacing half a century of semiconductor orthodoxy with a fundamentally different approach.

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Opinion

Millions of Ukrainians may remain in EU for years even after war ends

Ukrainian refugees are likely to remain in the European Union for years – and possibly permanently – even if the war with Russia ends, according to a new report by the Clingendael Institute.

COMMENT: Turkey’s opposition leader scales water cannon. Round of applause, but autocracy looks here to stay

Barring an exceptional turn of events, ‘Action man’ Ozel is too little too late. Democracy took a knife to the back long ago.

EU’s foreign policy boss Kallas is undermining Europe’s credibility

Kaja Kallas has done it again. The EU’s top foreign policy high representative called China a “cancer” that needs decisive treatment with chemotherapy rather than temporary relief with morphine.

COMMENT: Russia and China deepen strategic alignment as partnership reaches “highest level in history”

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping set out an expansive vision for their bilateral relationship in a joint statement issued during a state visit to Beijing this week, marking 30 years of strategic partnership.

ASH: UK cocks up on Russian sanctions

At the least a PR disaster for the UK around its Russia sanctions regime. At the worst the UK has been pushed by Trump’s war on Iran to easing up sanctions on Russia.

Millions of Ukrainians may remain in EU for years even after war ends

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COMMENT: Turkey’s opposition leader scales water cannon. Round of applause, but autocracy looks here to stay

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EU’s foreign policy boss Kallas is undermining Europe’s credibility

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COMMENT: Russia and China deepen strategic alignment as partnership reaches “highest level in history”

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ASH: UK cocks up on Russian sanctions

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Uzbekistan’s foreign trade grows 6% to $26bn in Jan to April

Exports of $10bn and imports of $16.4bn produce trade deficit of $6.4bn.

Hungarian central bank remains cautious, keeps base rate on hold at 6.25%

MNB says global risks remain elevated due to energy and commodity price volatility and disruption in global supply chains.

Romania’s banking system profitability falls to four-year low in Q1

The sector’s profitability indicators dropped to their lowest levels in four years, after remaining well above the average of other European banking systems in recent years.

Moldova’s trade deficit narrows 2.7% y/y in Q1 on stronger crop exports

Higher exports were partly offset by more expensive imports of natural gas and electricity, with the quarterly trade gap at 8.9% of GDP.

Ukraine overtakes Moldova in income race to the title of Europe's poorest country

For years, Ukraine and Moldova have vied for the dubious honour of being the poorest country in Europe. The contest was close enough to be largely academic and they regularly traded last and second to last places for years. That symmetry is over.

Uzbekistan’s foreign trade grows 6% to $26bn in Jan to April

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Hungarian central bank remains cautious, keeps base rate on hold at 6.25%

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Romania’s banking system profitability falls to four-year low in Q1

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Moldova’s trade deficit narrows 2.7% y/y in Q1 on stronger crop exports

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Ukraine overtakes Moldova in income race to the title of Europe's poorest country

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US suspends Taiwan’s $14bn weapons deal as Trump buckles under Beijing pressure

The Trump administration has paused US arms sales to Taiwan after China’s president Xi Jinping threatened to go to war over the issue at a meeting in Beijing a week ago.

BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Former MP alleges longstanding Turkish intelligence interference in main opposition party

Stark claims made as critics warn events of recent days mean CHP now essentially headed by a palace appointee.

Mexico and the EU rewrite their trade relationship with farms at the heart of it

Mexico-EU interim trade deal locks in agricultural liberalisation decades in making. Cheese quotas, meat phase-outs, 568 protected foods. Both sides call it a hedge against US tariff uncertainty.

CBR governor Nabiullina’s terms expires next year and replacement list is short – The Bell

The third and last term of CBR governor Elvira Nabiullina expires on June 24, 2027 and the list of possible replacements is short, The Bell reports, based on sources in the Kremlin.

Eastern EU faces mounting demographic strain as populations shrink and age, Eurostat says

While the EU’s total population rose slightly, many eastern member states continued to lose population over the longer term through emigration, low fertility and high mortality rates.

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BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Former MP alleges longstanding Turkish intelligence interference in main opposition party

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Mexico and the EU rewrite their trade relationship with farms at the heart of it

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CBR governor Nabiullina’s terms expires next year and replacement list is short – The Bell

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Blogs

CAUCASUS BLOG: Russia's South Ossetia treaty edges toward annexation

New treaty amounts to de facto annexation of separatist Georgian republic, analysts and Georgian opposition figures say.

Venezuela unveils draft oil rules to guide foreign investment push, economy expands

Venezuela has begun circulating draft regulations linked to its newly approved hydrocarbons law.

MOSCOW BLOG: Trump eats humble pie in Beijing

US President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing ends today and he has been forced to eat humble pie after coming out of the gate last year with an extremely aggressive policy on China.

VISEGRAD BLOG: Hungary’s post-Orban reckoning

PM Peter Magyar pledged to dismantle the institutional and financial legacy of Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule, with implications beyond Hungary’s borders.

MOSCOW BLOG: Russia's social contract has broken down

Something has quietly shifted in Russia. Not the social and economic meltdown Western pundits have been confidently predicting almost continuously for the last two decades. But something has changed and the people are not happy.

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The Iberian blackout was a grid failure, not a renewables failure

When the lights went out across almost all of Spain and Portugal last year in one of the biggest blackouts since the war, experts quickly blamed the explosion of renewable generating capacity as the cause. They were partly right.

Output of Czech hydro plants drops by 30-50% amid continued drought

Fears this year’s drought could be the worst in 65 years, after Czechia registered only 32mm of rainfall in March and April.

Tehran Energy Exchange prepares to list first solar power plant project fund

Iran's Energy Exchange is preparing to list the country's first solar power plant project investment fund, with subscription expected to open within a month, the exchange's market development deputy has said.

Wind and solar overtake coal in Turkey’s power generation for first time - EMBER

Wind and solar energy generated more electricity than coal in Turkey for the first time in April 2026, marking a milestone in the country’s energy transition as strong rainfall also boosted hydroelectric output, according to Ember.

Romania seeks to secure €771mn RRF grant tied to renewable energy land reform

Romania is still on track to meet a key Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) milestone linked to a €771mn grant for renewable energy investments, acting Agriculture Minister Tanczos Barna said.

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Russia's purchases of Belarusian gasoline on the St Petersburg commodity exchange exceeded 17,000 tonnes in early May — roughly 58-times the volume bought in the same period last year.

Russian national air carrier Aeroflot plans to privatise a 23.76% stake worth approximately $634mn as part of the government’s financial market development programme.

Teargas and water cannon used to break up Izmir crowd. CHP says political battle will be fought between “the people and Erdogan”.

Half of the members' ammunition alliance to supply Ukraine with shells have withdrawn from the Czech-led initiative that has kept the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) supplied with crucial munitions in its war with Russia in the last two years.

Bulgaria could generate between €45mn and €70mn in net economic benefits from hosting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, driven largely by tourism and hospitality spending.

Tech

Argentina's government has sent to Congress a new investment incentive bill dubbed "Super RIGI", targeting projects worth at least $1bn in sectors including artificial intelligence, semiconductors and advanced biotechnology.

Russia’s second-largest state-controlled bank VTB has reportedly agreed on the main terms of a strategic partnership with Wildberries.

India’s ace in the hole is mainly generic drug manufacturing, a sub-sector of pharmaceutical manufacturing where it holds over 20% of the market by volume. This translates into manufacturing for over 60,000 brands in 60 distinct categories.

Smash-up involved an e-ATAK, the first full length autonomous bus in the world, and a tram.

China’s tech holding Huawei is rewriting the rules of chip design. A new scaling law unveiled in Shanghai this week proposes replacing half a century of semiconductor orthodoxy with a fundamentally different approach.

Opinion

Ukrainian refugees are likely to remain in the European Union for years – and possibly permanently – even if the war with Russia ends, according to a new report by the Clingendael Institute.

Barring an exceptional turn of events, ‘Action man’ Ozel is too little too late. Democracy took a knife to the back long ago.

Kaja Kallas has done it again. The EU’s top foreign policy high representative called China a “cancer” that needs decisive treatment with chemotherapy rather than temporary relief with morphine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping set out an expansive vision for their bilateral relationship in a joint statement issued during a state visit to Beijing this week, marking 30 years of strategic partnership.

At the least a PR disaster for the UK around its Russia sanctions regime. At the worst the UK has been pushed by Trump’s war on Iran to easing up sanctions on Russia.

Data

Exports of $10bn and imports of $16.4bn produce trade deficit of $6.4bn.

MNB says global risks remain elevated due to energy and commodity price volatility and disruption in global supply chains.

The sector’s profitability indicators dropped to their lowest levels in four years, after remaining well above the average of other European banking systems in recent years.

Higher exports were partly offset by more expensive imports of natural gas and electricity, with the quarterly trade gap at 8.9% of GDP.

For years, Ukraine and Moldova have vied for the dubious honour of being the poorest country in Europe. The contest was close enough to be largely academic and they regularly traded last and second to last places for years. That symmetry is over.

Features

The Trump administration has paused US arms sales to Taiwan after China’s president Xi Jinping threatened to go to war over the issue at a meeting in Beijing a week ago.

Stark claims made as critics warn events of recent days mean CHP now essentially headed by a palace appointee.

Mexico-EU interim trade deal locks in agricultural liberalisation decades in making. Cheese quotas, meat phase-outs, 568 protected foods. Both sides call it a hedge against US tariff uncertainty.

The third and last term of CBR governor Elvira Nabiullina expires on June 24, 2027 and the list of possible replacements is short, The Bell reports, based on sources in the Kremlin.

While the EU’s total population rose slightly, many eastern member states continued to lose population over the longer term through emigration, low fertility and high mortality rates.

Blogs

New treaty amounts to de facto annexation of separatist Georgian republic, analysts and Georgian opposition figures say.

Venezuela has begun circulating draft regulations linked to its newly approved hydrocarbons law.

US President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing ends today and he has been forced to eat humble pie after coming out of the gate last year with an extremely aggressive policy on China.

PM Peter Magyar pledged to dismantle the institutional and financial legacy of Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule, with implications beyond Hungary’s borders.

Something has quietly shifted in Russia. Not the social and economic meltdown Western pundits have been confidently predicting almost continuously for the last two decades. But something has changed and the people are not happy.

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When the lights went out across almost all of Spain and Portugal last year in one of the biggest blackouts since the war, experts quickly blamed the explosion of renewable generating capacity as the cause. They were partly right.

Fears this year’s drought could be the worst in 65 years, after Czechia registered only 32mm of rainfall in March and April.

Iran's Energy Exchange is preparing to list the country's first solar power plant project investment fund, with subscription expected to open within a month, the exchange's market development deputy has said.

Wind and solar energy generated more electricity than coal in Turkey for the first time in April 2026, marking a milestone in the country’s energy transition as strong rainfall also boosted hydroelectric output, according to Ember.

Romania is still on track to meet a key Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) milestone linked to a €771mn grant for renewable energy investments, acting Agriculture Minister Tanczos Barna said.

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