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Speaking at the Climate Summit organized by US President Joe Biden on 22 April, President Jair Bolsonaro read the prompter and said virtually all that his new foreign ministry had put on paper for him to read. That was already a major feat. It showed that the pressure exerted by…
Below please find key take-outs from our April 21st panel featuring Orson Porter, Senior Managing Director at Teneo; Connie Hedegaard, Chair of OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development and former European Commissioner for Climate Action; John Podesta, Founder of the Center for American Progress and former Counselor to President Obama…
The US-led global climate summit will take place this week. International efforts to reduce tensions between Russia and Ukraine will continue. Germany’s ruling alliance remains undecided on who should run as its chancellor candidate. In Peru, a hard left candidate is leading the polls ahead of the run-off presidential election.
Guillermo Lasso’s 11 April election victory in Ecuador could be seen as a win for pro-market parties across the region. Against significant odds, Lasso defeated a well-organized left-wing rival, seemingly bucking an incipient Latin American leftist revival (Mexico in 2018; Argentina in 2019; and Bolivia in 2020), which is widely…
Chinese vaccines are in the spotlight. Japan’s PM will visit US President Joe Biden. The race for the Merkel succession is heating up further in Germany. Diplomatic efforts will attempt to prevent an escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Guillermo Lasso will be Ecuador’s new president. Meanwhile, France’s foreign…
Russia’s saber-rattling near Donbas and Crimea is likely driven by Kyiv’s actions against pro-Kremlin figures/entities in Ukraine, the growing tensions between Moscow and the West as well as domestic pressures within Russia. However, a major escalation of the conflict with Ukraine would likely bring more damage than benefit to Moscow.
The EU’s privacy rulebook, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), has proven one of the bloc’s most successful export products in the last five years, serving as inspiration to legislators around the world, and in some cases being copy-pasted straight into statute books. Europe now wants to replicate the success of…
Our Covid-19 vaccination table includes updated information on the immunization strategies selected EMs are pursuing and the challenges they face. Below are some of this week's key developments. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you want to discuss any of the countries mentioned in more detail. Please click…
Dr. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, former Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State and former Special Assistant to President George H.W. Bush, joins Kevin Kajiwara, Co-President of Political Risk Advisory, for an important discussion on foreign affairs, the role of the United States in…
At his March 2nd confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, President Biden’s nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, voiced support for the SEC’s role in strengthening corporate diversity. In response to questioning from Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania) arguing that corporations should not face mandates to…
Last week, 22-28 March, showed progress in rebuilding the transatlantic relationship after four years of troubled relations under the previous administration. US President Joe Biden joined the EU’s top leaders during their virtual EU Council Summit. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with the top NATO and EU officials,…
Below please find key takeaways from a recent ESG panel hosted by Teneo UK featuring guest speakers, John Allan, Chair of Tesco and Barratt Developments and Vice President of the CBI; Vindi Banga, Senior Independent Director, GSK and Partner, Clayton, Dubilier and Rice; Tracy Blackwell, CEO, Pension Insurance Corporation; Bruce Duguid,…
