Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Maldivian Defense Minister Mariya Didi met with Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne in Colombo to re-engage in a trilateral maritime cooperation agreement, The Wire India reported Nov. 29.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has refused to move forward with peace talks with the Taliban until the group formally referred to the Afghanistan government as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Nov. 29.
China's Ministry of Commerce has imposed temporary anti-dumping measures of up to 212 percent on Australian wine imports after releasing the preliminary results of an ongoing probe into alleged unfair subsidies benefitting several top Australian wine producers, BBC reported Nov. 27.
The United States is reportedly planning to add China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to a list of companies controlled or owned by the Chinese intelligence and military apparatus, which would ban both SMIC and CNOOC from receiving U.S. investment per a recent executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reported Nov. 29.Â
A meeting among OPEC members ended without a consensus on extending OPEC+’s current 7.7 million barrels per day (bpd) of production cuts, Bloomberg reported Nov. 30, despite an earlier statement from Algeria’s energy minister that the group had reached an agreement.
The Chinese government said that many shipments of Australian coal had been found unable to meet its environmental standards following enhanced examination and testing, responding to reports that over 60 Australian coal vessels have been at sea for months awaiting entry into Chinese ports, Reuters reported Nov. 25.Â
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam gave her delayed annual policy address Nov. 25, touting the success of the national security law and announcing a 10-year plan to increase youth and public education on rule of law and national security, Reuters reported Nov. 24.
Ghana’s central bank warned the country is running out of fiscal space as the government subsidizes electricity and power bills amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, with Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio hitting 71 percent at the end of September, Bloomberg reported Nov. 23.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced a broad agreement on policy objectives for a $2.3 billion Extended Fund Facility arrangement with Kenya, Bloomberg reported Nov. 22.
Lebanon’s top investigator, Judge Fadi Sawan, has requested that Lebanon’s parliament probe 10 former ministers over their suspected involvement in the deadly Beirut port explosion, Al Jazeera reported Nov. 25.Â
