Key Economic News to Watch This Week: June 3
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Syria is expected to top the agenda during a meeting of EU officials and Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday. Later this week, Chinese president Xi Jinping meets with Barack Obama, where the U.S. president is likely to express concern over Beijing’s role in high-tech state-sponsored cyber espionage.
Monday, June 3
The International Labour Organisation launches World of Work report.
Syria is expected to top the agenda during a meeting of EU officials and Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday. Later this week, Chinese president Xi Jinping meets with Barack Obama, where the U.S. president is likely to express concern over Beijing’s role in high-tech state-sponsored cyber espionage.
Monday, June 3
The International Labour Organisation launches World of Work report.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Syria is expect to top the agenda after the European Union scrapped its arms embargo on the country last Monday, following the insistence of the U.K. and France that they be allowed to send future arms shipments to rebels there.
The U.S. court-martial begins its trail against Bradley Manning, accusing of passing state secrets to the WikiLeaks website in 2010. He faces a possible life sentence without parole if convicted of “aiding the enemy”.
Presidents of the four Visegrad countries – Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia hold a summit to mark its 22nd anniversary. All members of NATO, they agreed in Warsaw this March to form a joint military force of up to 3,000 troops by 2016.
World Islamic Banking conference opens in Singapore.
Tuesday, June 4
Anniversary of crackdown on protests in Tiananmen is marked.
Wednesday, June 5
The Federal Reserve releases its “beige book,” an anecdotal look at the health of the economy.
The World Economic Forum on East Asia meets to discuss political reform at Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
Friday, June 7
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds his first meeting with President Barack Obama in California. According to analysts, Obama will be looking for signs from his Chinese counterpart that Beijing is ready to address its alledged high-tech state-sponsored spying, which the White House sees as a top threat to the U.S. economy and national security.
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