AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoChina Trade: China’s trade surplus topped $1 trillion in the first 10 months of 2026, as exports surged on demand for AI-related goods. The figures are likely to loom over next week’s Xi-Trump meeting at the APEC summit. Gulf Diplomacy: President Donald Trump nominated former Kansas governor Jeffrey Colyer as US ambassador to the UAE. The post has been vacant since 2025, as several other US ambassador posts in the region remain unfilled amid the Iran war. Iraq’s Power-Sharing: Kirkuk’s council is due to choose a new governor, but negotiations are strained: Turkmen candidate Qahtan al-Wandawi is favored, while Qais al-Khazali argues the post should go to a Shiite representative under an earlier agreement. Public Health: Government data show Congo’s Ebola cases have surpassed 11,000, underscoring the scale of the outbreak.
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