China's success owing to opening up to world: Turkish analyst

STORY: China's success owing to opening up to world: Turkish analyst SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 11, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul 2. various of China-related footage 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Turkish analyst with Is Yatirim STORYLINE: A Turkish analyst with Is Yatirim, the investment banking arm of Isbank Group in Istanbul, has said that China's success is brought about by its opening up to the world. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Turkish analyst with Is Yatirim "When we look at China's success, we could see that it has industrialized very quickly. The success comes with China's integration into the world. It is a success brought about by opening up to the whole world. China has made the laws much more open to investors and attracted enormous foreign investment. They then used the foreign investment for their own professionalization." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiy

Emerging economies concerned about U.S. dollar hegemony, says analyst

STORY: Emerging economies concerned about U.S. dollar hegemony, says analyst DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: ISTANBUL CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. street views in Johannesburg 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Analyst with Is Yatirim 3. street views related to BRICS in Johannesburg 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Analyst with Is Yatirim 5. street views related to BRICS in Johannesburg 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Analyst with Is Yatirim STORYLINE: Developing nations are becoming more worried about the dominance of the U.S. dollar in the global financial system and are taking measures to tackle the issue. This is according to Sant Manukyan, an analyst with Is Yatirim, the investment banking arm of Isbank Group in Istanbul. He said the problem is not the dollar itself but the United States wielding the dollar as a tool of influence. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Analyst with Is Yatirim "In fact, the issue that disturbs the countries here is

U.S. debt-ceiling saga a political theatre-in-the-round: Turkish expert

STORY: U.S. debt-ceiling saga a political theatre-in-the-round: Turkish expert DATELINE: June 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Analyst with Is Yatirim, the investment banking arm of Isbank Group in Istanbul 3. various of views in the U.S. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): SANT MANUKYAN, Analyst with Is Yatirim, the investment banking arm of Isbank Group in Istanbul STORYLINE: The latest U.S. debt-ceiling saga is nothing but a political theatre-in-the-round, revealing the deficiency of the country's two-party system, said a Turkish analyst. U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 into law a week ago to avoid a historic default on government debt. The bipartisan act suspends the public debt limit through Jan. 1, 2025 and increases the limit to the actual debt level on Jan. 2, 2025. Since 1945, the United States has raised its debt ceiling 103 times. SOUNDBITE 1