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By Rhod Mackenzie

Russia and Saudi Arabia both made statements on the same day about the new restrictions on the supply of oil on to the world market. This is how they will resist the monetary policies of the US and the EU, which are pulling oil prices down. Moscow, in addition to cutting product...

By Kandy Wong

The four-day visit to China by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is seen as the latest attempt to ease bilateral tensions following last month’s trip to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which had been delayed by February’s balloon saga.
But what will the top financial...

By Tao Mingyang

The level of cross-border trade between China and Mongolia especially in the energy sector saw stable increase in the first half of 2023, official and industry data showed, thanks to a steady recovery in trade activities after the COVID-19 pandemic as well as closer economic and di...

By Yin Yeping

The level of bilateral trade between China-Kazakhstan could reach a new high this year, possibly getting closer to the $40-billion mark following the positive trend of previous years, a Kazakh official told the Global Times on Thursday. Last year, the trade volume hit the record hig...

Global Times Opinion

According to several Indian media reports, India did not sign the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Economic Development Strategy for 2030 because the document "had too many Chinese catchphrases." The document was a significant achievement of the SCO Summit in New Delhi...

By Kanwal Sibal

India has successfully chaired the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit despite the many diplomatic challenges it faced , including having to hold a virtual summit due to the prevailing circumstances.

The relations between the SCO member states have had their share of...