What killing of Chadian president means for Egypt The killing of Chadian President Idriss Deby causes Egyptian security concerns. Mahamat Idriss Deby pays his respects near the coffin during the state funeral for his father, Chadian President Idriss Deby, in N Djamena, on April 23, 2021. Chad staged a state funeral for its slain president, a linchpin in the fight against the Sahel s jihadi insurgency, as France and regional allies voiced backing for his son and successor. The elder Deby, who had ruled the vast semi-desert state with an iron fist for 30 years, died April 19 from wounds suffered fighting rebels. - CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Former Obama official Rich Hass recounted early transition meetings with the Trump administration in 2016.
A member of Trump s circle told Hass the US was in an existential struggle with China, and it was imperative they won.
When they did, the Trump official continued, there would be statues erected in our honor.
A former Obama official said that the Trump administration believed they d do so well negotiating with China that there would be statues erected in their honor one day.
Ryan Hass, who served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the National Security Council under President Obama, recounted the anecdote during the launch of his new book, Stronger: Adapting America s China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence.
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In a world replete with international economic and trade organizations most of them best known by acronyms such as WTO, OECD, APEC, ITO, TPP and MERCOSUR who needs one more?
Apparently Canada, which is eagerly seeking to join Chile, New Zealand and Singapore in a new grouping known as the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, or DEPA.
The three DEPA signatories are still considering Canada’s bid to join the partnership, which entered into force just three months ago, although Chile must still ratify its participation. Other countries interested in joining include Japan, South Korea and Britain.
DEPA’s appeal, according to analysts, lies in its narrow focus on digital issues and the fact that there is no huge economic power among its members to dominate discussions and drown out the smaller countries.
Egypt, Qatar rapprochement picks up momentum Months after a reconciliation agreement was signed, relations between Egypt and Qatar remain shy amid small steps at rapprochement.
A picture taken on June 6, 2017, shows the building of the Qatari Embassy in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
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CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a phone call April 12 from Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. The call, at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, was the first contact between the two leaders since a reconciliation agreement was signed between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors as well as Egypt in the Saudi city of al-Ula in January, ending the diplomatic rift that emerged in 2017.