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| - We will move the following business and economics stories: + Turkish resort frets over second lost summer + European bank chief eyes transition as world recovers + Bargaining over global tax enters key stage + Friction emerges in North America one year into trade deal Health-virus-Turkey-tourism,FOCUS BODRUM, Turkey The Russians are finally coming but the mayor of this empty Turkish resort doubts their converted rubles will save what looks to be another lost summer. "We closed the last tourism season down 75 percent," Bodrum mayor Ahmet Aras tells AFP in a lavish library overlooking the Aegean Sea. 700 words by Fulya Ozerkan. Picture. Video Health-virus-banking-economy-growth-environment-EBRD,INTERVIEW LONDON Odile Renaud-Basso, the first female president at Europe's development bank, hopes to restore the EBRD's green investment targets while addressing workplace equality as Covid-hit economies recover. 750 words by Ben Perry OECD-economy-tax-G20,ADVANCER PARIS Nearly 140 countries will haggle over key details of a global corporate tax plan this week, with some concerned about giving up too much and others eager to ensure tech giants pay their fair share. 550 words by Marie Heuclin Belarus-politics-unrest-tech,FOCUS KIEV Like thousands of others in Belarus, IT specialist Aliaksandr Charnavoki took to the streets of Minsk last year for unprecedented protests against strongman Alexander Lukashenko's 26-year rule. Charnavoki eventually fled to neighbouring Ukraine -- joining an exodus of fellow tech workers that has left the future of a booming IT sector in doubt. 750 words by Dmytro Gorshkov US-Canada-Mexico-trade-diplomacy-agriculture,FOCUS WASHINGTON One year after it took effect in the midst of a record economic downturn, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has yet to end trading friction between the North American allies. 650 words by Delphine Touitou. File picture afp
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