an Council meeting, in order to move to the next round of the negotiations. A further delay in the negotiations will increase uncertainty about the Brexit deal, threatening to derail Europe’s ongoing growth momentum. In Asia, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in Beijing on 18–24 October and the 22 October general elections in Japan allowed the leaders of China and Japan, respectively, to consolidate power. In China, Xi Jinping was reappointed as General Secretary of the CPC; he was also able to place more loyalists into the party’s top political bodies. As a result, Xi has amassed an amount of power unprecedented in China’s recent history, allowing him to comfortably implement his vision for the country: a more dominant role for China in the global arena and healthier economic growth based on consumption and services. More importantly, he did not signal any candidate to replace him once his second term expires in 2022, suggesting that he could opt for an unusual third mandate. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s landslide victory will allow him to continue with his set of policies aimed at pulling the country out from years of sticky deflationary pressures and ensuring a more sustainable long-term growth. Moreover, the voters’ strong mandate paves the way for Abe to rewrite the country’s pacifist constitution and embolden Japan’s military capabilities, threatening to increase political instability in the region. -
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an Council meeting, in order to move to the next round of the negotiations. A further delay in the negotiations will increase uncertainty about the Brexit deal, threatening to derail Europe’s ongoing growth momentum. In Asia, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held in Beijing on 18–24 October and the 22 October general elections in Japan allowed the leaders of China and Japan, respectively, to consolidate power. In China, Xi Jinping was reappointed as General Secretary of the CPC; he was also able to place more loyalists into the party’s top political bodies. As a result, Xi has amassed an amount of power unprecedented in China’s recent history, allowing him to comfortably implement his vision for the country: a more dominant role for China in the global arena and healthier economic growth based on consumption and services. More importantly, he did not signal any candidate to replace him once his second term expires in 2022, suggesting that he could opt for an unusual third mandate. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s landslide victory will allow him to continue with his set of policies aimed at pulling the country out from years of sticky deflationary pressures and ensuring a more sustainable long-term growth. Moreover, the voters’ strong mandate paves the way for Abe to rewrite the country’s pacifist constitution and embolden Japan’s military capabilities, threatening to increase political instability in the region. -
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