Global Spotlight
Trump vs. Turkey. U.S. President Donald Trump may have met his match when it comes to stubborn populists on the world stage. As evidenced by the Turkish lira’s Black Friday free fall, about as much restraint goes into Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speeches as Trump puts into his tweets.
The Balkan Powder Keg. A Sept. 30 referendum on Macedonia’s controversial name-change agreement with Greece and increased chatter between Serbia and Kosovo over territorial swaps to make their own states more ethnically homogeneous are creating friction in the Western Balkans.
A Succession Path Is Laid in Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s president, Joseph Kabila, finally showed his cards when the ruling party named a new candidate to stand in the country’s Dec. 23 presidential election, ending years of speculation over whether Kabila would try to stick around.
Venezuela’s Citgo Assets Under Threat. Venezuela is already high on our coup radar for obvious reasons. So any development that aggravates its economic crisis, like a recent U.S. court ruling that puts Venezuela’s U.S. refining arm Citgo’s assets at risk, bears close watching. Canadian mining company Crystallex has been authorized by a U.S. court to seize shares in PDV Holding, a private company that administers Citgo.
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Economic Calendar
Here isa a list of the U.S. economic events happening this week.
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