- Asia – a new trading bloc being formed by China, Japan and South Korea
- Bahrain – a tighter union with Saudi Arabia
- Eurozone – depressing economic forecasts
- Greece – the ECB has stopped lending to some banks
- Mexico – the economy picked up momentum
- Netherlands – ever deeper political divisions
- Turkey -reviving the stalled bid to join the EU.
Other countries mentioned in the report: Algeria, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland &Spain
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