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Feb 2, 2015

The Pound’s Inevitable Devaluation Arrives

By Alfred Jasins

Over the past two weeks central bankers in Egypt have been implementing a managed devaluation of the local currency. The Egyptian pound has dropped from 7.14 Egyptian pounds against the dollar on January 18 to roughly 7.60 Egyptian pounds where it stands today. Many analysts expect the local currency to fall even further.  

Economy & Business North Africa
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Trade in Action

Feb 2, 2015

TTIP Action | January 29

By Global Business & Economics Program

Speeches & Official Announcements Ryan Opening Statement: Hearing on US Trade Policy Agenda “The fact is, if we don’t write the rules of the global economy, other countries will. They already are. Other countries, like China, are putting in place new trade agreements among themselves. So it’s a simple as this: If we’re not moving […]

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Trade in Action

Jan 27, 2015

TTIP Action | January 27

By Global Business & Economics Program

  Speeches & Official Announcements Remarks by John Kerry After Meeting with EU High Representative Federica Mogherini “The range of our dialogue and our ability to be able to coordinate actions is really a source of strength. It’s a source of strength on both sides of the Atlantic, and we appreciate the cooperation and the […]

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Jan 27, 2015

Pham Testifies on Boko Haram, Nigerian Elections

By Africa Center

J. Peter Pham, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “Nigeria on the Brink?”

Economy & Business Nigeria

Trade in Action

Jan 26, 2015

Missing the Mark: TTIP Negotiators Must Stop Putting Form over Function

By Global Business & Economics Program

 President Obama first introduced the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in a State of the Union speech two years ago. Although policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic agree that TTIP would improve the economy, create jobs, and help small and medium-sized enterprises expand exports while increasing consumers’ choices, negotiations have made little progress. […]

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Trade in Action

Jan 22, 2015

TTIP Action | January 22

By Global Business & Economics Program

  TTIP and the State of the Union Address “21st century businesses, including small businesses, need to sell more American products overseas. Today, our businesses export more than ever, and exporters tend to pay their workers higher wages. But as we speak, China wants to write the rules for the world’s fastest-growing region. That would […]

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Trade in Action

Jan 20, 2015

TTIP Action | January 20

By Global Business & Economics Program

Speeches & Official Announcements Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron of the UK in Joint Press Conference “We agreed that 2015 should be a pivotal year for an ambitious and comprehensive EU-US trade deal which could benefit the average household in Britain by 400 pounds a year. The UK is now the top […]

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Trade in Action

Jan 15, 2015

TTIP Action | January 15

By Global Business & Economics Program

Representatives of the US TTIP negotiating team are traveling to Brussels this week to set the ground work for their upcoming negotiations in the next official Round, in early February. The “Fresh Start” that Commissioner Malmström and Ambassador Froman have promised is about to begin in earnest. Following the release of dozens of EU negotiating […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Trade in Action

Jan 15, 2015

TTIP Action | January 13

By Global Business & Economics Program

The European Commission Presents the Results of its Investment Protection Consultation The European Commission published its analysis of the almost 150,000 replies to its online consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in TTIP. Topics addressed included questions about safeguards on governments’ right to regulate in the public interest, full transparency of ISDS […]

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Jan 9, 2015

January 8 – EU Makes Significant Transparency Push

By Global Business & Economics Program

  EU Makes Significant Transparency Push Yesterday’s decision by the European Commission to release dozens of new documents outlining their negotiating positions represents a bold step forward for the transparency that campaigners both for and against TTIP have been clamoring for. It also marks an admission on behalf of the Commission that without greater public […]

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