Politics: Trump blames China for flooding global markets with subsidized aluminum and ordered the Commerce Department to consider quotas or tariffs. However, most of the American aluminum is in Iceland.
Economy: Iceland’s tourism is booming helping hub cities and economy.
Culture: Too many tourists coming to Iceland unprepared and underestimating the terrain and taking advantage of the locals.
ICELAND
Politics: Sweden has pledged to stop giving aid to any organisations that agree to abide by the anti-abortion rule which was reinstated by Donald Trump.
Economy: Swedish inflation was faster than estimated in June, providing backing for the central bank’s call earlier this month to drop its so-called easing bias.
Culture: Sweden’s most popular music festival, Bråvalla Festival, is now going to be replaced by an all-female alternative in reaction to reports of sexual assault and rape at this year’s festival.
Politics: US President Trump visited French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron on July 14th, Bastille Day for a military parade, despite the fact that the two are not considered likely partners.
Economy: Austerity measures are soon to be implemented in France in order for the nation to reduce its deficit and bolster its financial reputation in Europe.
Culture: The Tour de France has been incredibly competitive this year, with several competitors falling in crashes. Marcel Kittel most recently won the eleventh stage.
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FRANCE
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EUROPE
Politics: The Scottish and Welsh governments have threatened to block the key Brexit bill, the repeal bill, which will convert all the EU laws to UK laws as well.
Economy: Due to the weakness of sterling value, there has been an significant increase of tourists visiting the UK.
Culture: The Tube is to change its greetings from “ladies and gentlemen” to a more gender neutral “hello everyone”.
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