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06/15/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/15/2021 09:46
Dentons Flashpoint - June 15, 2021
June 15, 2021
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Key Takeaways
The British financial crimes agency reported a 100 percent increase in scam investments during 2020. A Scottish study finds that the Delta variant is more than twice as likely to cause hospitalization. In a push to revive the transatlantic relationship, the US and EU are poised to end 17-year trade dispute over aircraft subsidies. Analysis: China Bulletin: Local and Geopolitical Implications of the Digital Yuan.
Condition Updates
A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state. [Flashpoint Daily Situation Reports]
China Bulletin: Local and Geopolitical Implications of the Digital Yuan
China's development of a digital yuan has drawn global attention, poising Beijing to become a world leader in setting international standards for national digital currencies and sparking speculation about implications for US dollar dominance.