Global manufacturing activity is surging as government support programmes and low interest rates protect consumers' incomes while restrictions on leisure travel and other services divert spending into merchandise.
Global trade roars back from depths of covid-19 pandemic
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Global trade has rebounded from its collapse in the early stages of the pandemic, with China and other Asian manufacturing countries grabbing a bigger slice of exports of everything from masks to bikes market share they are expected to keep after the public-health crisis fades.
Now, as a global recovery gathers pace, trade will likely keep growing, say policy makers, business executives and economists. But it will be hampered by the growing difficulties factories face in meeting Western consumers’ appetite for goods.
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Coronavirus weekly round-up: Boris Johnson ‘deeply sorry’ for Covid deaths; Redditors rile hedge funds with Gamestop buying bonanza
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Prime minister Boris Johnson said this week he was “deeply sorry for every life that has been lost” as the UK’s official coronavirus death toll exceeded 100,000.
Meanwhile, vaccine manufacturer Astrazeneca and the EU got into a spat over the pharma giant’s agreement to supply the jab to the continent, which is desperately short on doses.
preventing large-scale or sustained terrorist attacks on the American homeland; and (5)
assuring the stability of the international economy, which is addressed below.
Executive Summary
In 2011, a task force on U.S.-Russian relations, led by Graham Allison and Robert D. Blackwill, identified the preservation of international economic stability as one of five vital U.S. national interests. In recent years, the United States has certainly faced major challenges that threatened the stable functioning of the global economic system, such as the 2008 Great Recession or the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this primer is to assess how Russia and the various threats Washington sees emanating from Moscow impact this vital U.S. interest.