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U.S. President Joe Biden held a three-hour discussion with Chinese President Xi Jinping. A busy week of global diplomacy has begun in the Asia Pacific region. Russia’s grain deal with Ukraine is set to expire. Protest marches continue in Mexico. Elections will be held in Malaysia. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s president…
President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been successful at signaling that his government will respect the broad-based coalition of political forces that supported his election. He has appointed VP-elect Geraldo Alckmin, a former presidential contender and centrist politician who migrated from historical PT-nemesis PSDB to the socialists (PSB), to…
As global economies slowly emerge from and adjust to the prolonged impacts of the pandemic, policy makers again turn their focus to the existential threat of the climate crisis and how to deal with this challenge. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) taking place in Sharm El Sheikh,…
This week, Brazil’s transition takes some initial steps following Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s election victory and the dismantling of post-vote truckers’ protests. Colombia’s tax reform should be signed into law ready to take effect from January 2023. In Chile, the governing coalition faces a test of strength in Congress…
Midterm elections will be held in the US. Chinese health authorities have declined to announce re-opening policies. The presidential transition team in Brazil is trying to reconcile social spending with fiscal discipline. ASEAN leaders will gather in Phnom Penh. Long-standing tensions are escalating between Serbia and Kosovo. Meanwhile, the march…
Our bi-weekly spotlight explores key ESG-related market developments and their implications for corporates and investors. ESG in the News The International Sustainability Standards Board voted unanimously at its October meeting to include Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions and use climate-related scenario analyses in their disclosures. The ISSB aims…
Foreword The role of today’s CEO is evolving – almost as rapidly as the global financial, geopolitical and social landscape in which they operate. Teneo is very fortunate to work with and advise many leading CEOs around the world as they navigate this new environment. These…
The tragic events of 29 October in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, which claimed over 150 lives, will provide the sternest test yet of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s leadership. In the coming days, we expect that opposition parties will pursue the government with allegations of negligence and mishandling of the affair,…
Lula has won the presidency in Brazil. Russia has suspended the Black Sea grain deal. The Bank of England will be at the center of attention this week. Meanwhile, China is granting women greater protection, Kosovo is going ahead with its controversial license plate change, left-leaning governments across Latin America…
The divisions between hawks and doves continue to complicate a common EU policy towards China, but even dovish member states such as France and Germany are struggling to develop a joint strategic approach. The deterioration of the EU-China relationship in the last few months has not had severe material implications…
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidency yesterday, 30 October, by a little over two million votes or a difference of 1.8 percentage points (50.9-49.1%) over incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro, who remains silent since the announcement of Lula’s victory. Unlike in his two previous presidential mandates in…
President Xi Jinping achieved his three major objectives: a third five-year term as general secretary, no presumed successor, and a Politburo Standing Committee stacked with loyalists. The main political faction that might have exerted modest constraints on Xi, the Communist Youth League faction, was entirely shut out of the Standing…
