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Trade policy is emerging as one of the most powerful yet underappreciated drivers of economic competitiveness across the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA). A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) Working Paper finds that while many countries have pursued structural reforms over the past two decades, high tariff protection, weak competition policies and governance shortcomings…

(Reuters) – Emergency measures to alleviate the disruption to energy supply caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran are “not even a drop in the proverbial barrel” compared to normal oil and gas export flows from the Middle East Gulf, the CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said on Tuesday. Kuwait and Gulf neighbors Saudi Arabia,…

(Reuters) – Emergency measures to alleviate the disruption to energy supply caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran are “not even a drop in the proverbial barrel” compared to normal oil and gas export flows from the Middle East Gulf, the CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said on Tuesday. Kuwait and Gulf neighbors Saudi Arabia,…

The court declared section 25(3)(a) of the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 (LPA) unconstitutional and invalid. In doing so, the court has not merely struck down a statutory provision, it has challenged an entrenched professional distinction, demanding that the regulation of legal practice be measured against constitutional values rather than inherited tradition. The declaration…