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Structured register of government actions in the geoeconomic space — export controls, tariffs, sanctions, FDI screening, subsidies, industrial-policy laws — cross-referenced into the country, minerals, and ETF surface. Charter: docs/IPTM_CHARTER.md.
Severity 1-5 is the qualitative impact rating (1=minor, 5=structural). The bilateral-trade-grounded quant scorer is the next IPTM milestone. RBI (Register Breadth Index) is a complementary structural-breadth indicator from scripts/py/iptm/breadth.py; divergence between RBI and severity is itself informative (high-sev / low-RBI = strategic chokepoint; low-sev / high-RBI = broad but shallow). Every action has at least one primary source URL. Verify-or-don't-file. See also themes, timeline, graph, sankey, map, country exposure, sector exposure, material exposure (+ graph), weekly briefs, portfolio scan, escalation monitor, trans-shipment hubs. Internal triage tools (RSS-poller candidate feed, source-feed health) live under /admin/candidates + /admin/sources. Subscribe via Atom feed (accepts ?country=CN, ?material=lithium, ?issuer=BIS, ?type=export_control, ?etf=SOXX, ?company=NVDA, ?minSeverity=4, ?year=2026, ?q=…) or pull /api/iptm/actions.
Germany's Federal Economic Affairs Ministry (Bundesregierung) and BAFA issued Allgemeine Genehmigung Nr. 48 (AGG 48) on 20 March 2026, a time-limited general export licence simplifying the export of specified air-defence and maritime-defence equipment to Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Ukraine, in force until 15 September 2026. Exporters may register retrospectively up to 30 days after first shipment, replacing individual-licence applications for in-scope items and materially compressing per-shipment administrative lead times. The measure is framed as part of Germany's reinforced commitment to supplying defence equipment to allies countering regional threats and Russian aggression.
Kuwait's Amir issued Decree-Law No. 60 of 2025 on 26–27 March 2025, establishing a KD 30 billion (~USD 98 billion, ~60% of GDP) public debt ceiling — the first sovereign debt-issuance framework Kuwait has had since its 2017 law expired. The law authorises sovereign bonds and sukuk with maturities up to 50 years, denominated in Kuwaiti dinars or major convertible foreign currencies, and explicitly targets development of a Kuwaiti sovereign yield curve to anchor local capital-market pricing. It is the operative financing instrument for Kuwait's Vision 2035 development plan and the 124 infrastructure projects approved in the 2025–26 budget cycle.
Kuwait promulgated Decree-Law No. 7 of 2025 on 10 February 2025, amending Decree-Law No. 74 of 1979 on real estate ownership by non-Kuwaitis. The reform grants investment entities licensed under the Direct Investment Promotion Law (Decree-Law No. 116 of 2013, administered by KDIPA) the right to own real property necessary for carrying out and managing their licensed activities, or for housing their investors or employees — with an explicit prohibition on ownership for speculation purposes. A further Amiri decree will specify the implementing rules and the areas in which such property may be owned. The law is part of a coherent 2024–2025 KDIPA-regime modernisation package alongside the January 2024 branch-office-without-local-agent reform and KDIPA Decision No. 388 of 2024 on investment incentives and exemptions.