Situation Reports

The United States and the United Kingdom will sign agreements on technology and nuclear power during U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom on Sept. 16-18, Reuters reported on Sept. 15, citing British and U.S. officials.

The United States and the United Kingdom will sign the Atlantic Partnership for Advanced Nuclear Energy during U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom on Sept. 16-18, according to a press release from the United Kingdom on Sept. 15.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto unveiled a $1 billion stimulus package that combines social aid, infrastructure jobs and tax relief, the Jakarta Globe reported Sept. 15.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is to sign a landmark mutual defense treaty with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, the Australian Financial Review reported Sept. 15.

A Turkish court announced that it would delay ruling until Oct. 24 on the contentious case which could oust Ozgur Ozel, the leader of the main opposition party, the Republican People's Party or CHP, Reuters reported Sept. 15.

Nepal's president appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the country's interim prime minister, and she will form a Cabinet over the coming days, The New York Times reported on Sept. 12.

EU ambassadors discussed whether the bloc’s 150 billion euro ($176 billion) Security Action for Europe (SAFE) loan facility for defense investments and joint procurement could be used to finance arms purchases from the United Kingdom and Canada, with France pushing to cap such purchases at 50% of their value to prioritize EU-based defense manufacturers, Euractiv reported on Sept. 12.

Late on Sept. 11, a Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson addressed Mexico's impending tariffs on Chinese automobiles by saying, "Any unilateral tariff increase by Mexico…will be seen as appeasement and compromise of unilateral bullying" by the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 12.

The High Court of Tanzania directed the country's electoral commission to allow Luhaga Mpina, the presidential candidate of the opposition ACT-Wazalendo party, to run in the Oct. 29 general election, The Chanzo reported on Sept. 11.

At the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit, which took place in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara, PIF leaders rejected a Chinese proposal to remove Taiwan from the forum framework and reaffirmed its status as a "development partner," the Australian Financial Review reported on Sept. 12.