What’s going on? Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine demonstrated high efficacy and safety in trial, boosting its ambition to roll out the vaccine abroad and curb the pandemic home. What does that mean? Effectiveness In the peer-review study, the vaccine showed: 91.6% effectiveness against symptomatic Covid 100% protection against severe cases 0 serious side effects Commercial…
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Ep 131: EU and China coming to an agreement on investment
What’s going on? The EU and China are close to reaching a business investment deal as Brussels (Belgium) seeks to flatten the playing field for European companies operating in the Chinese market. For EU The talks are seen as a core part of EU’s strategy for managing increasingly tense trade relations with China. The pact…
Ep 115: Courtroom Drama
What’s Going On Here? German courts ruled that the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) economy-boosting quantitative easing program might be unconstitutional. Quantitative easing (QE) is when a central bank buys government bonds from the market and, in doing so, puts cash to work doing all sorts of productive things for the economy. What Does This Mean? German courts don’t think…
Ep 47: Trump threatened Hanoi on trade
Key points Vietnam has emerged as a large beneficiary amid the U.S.-China trade deal. A new deal is solidifying Hanoi’s privileged position. Vietnam and the European Union on Sunday inked a first-of-its-kind trade deal that will eliminate 99% of tariffs on goods imported to the bloc. The U.S. government is signaling that it could be…
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