Tunisia is negotiating a number of countries, including Saudi Arabia, France and Italy to defer this year’s loan payments, as it expects its economy to shrink 6.5 percent because of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, announced Investment Minister Slim Azzabi. Finance Minister Nizar Yaich announced Monday that Tunisia's budget deficit in 2020 will be about 7 percent of gross domestic product (gdp) compared with 3 percent announced in previous estimates ...