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Trade data from January reveals significant Brexit disruptions and negative impact on UK-Italian trade. Bahrain becomes the first country to approve Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine.  The Netherlands parliament passes a non-binding motion saying that China’s treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang is genocide.

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

Emerging and Existing Hotspots: US-Turkey Relations at a Crossroads

After four years of being shielded by President Trump, Ankara viewed Biden’s election victory with great suspicion, fearing a hardened US stance on Turkey. Since November, Turkish President Erdogan has been on a charm offensive vis-à-vis the US, the EU, and Middle Eastern countries, including Israel.

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