A rocky start for “the deal of the century”
June 25, 2019: Jared Kushner (C), senior advisor and son-in-law to U.S. President Donald Trump, discusses his economic plan for the Palestinians with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Manama, Bahrain (source: dpa)
General info
What's inside
- Critics underrate the realism of the Trump administration’s peace plan for the Middle East
- The Manama workshop was intended to show investors a new approach may work
- Whether it does depends on how Palestinian public opinion swings on the West Bank
Who will benefit?
- Report is targeted to the decision makers in cross country manufacturing – suppliers, manufacturers, logistics.
- Also considered useful for the administrative university facilities, to better understand the possibe effects of current decisions.
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