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By Rhod Mackenzie

The use of dollars for payments for Russian exports of oil and oil products in  fell to 5%of the total volume , while in yuan they rose to 67%. According to documents from the Ministry of Energy, more than 90% of payments for raw materials and fuel are made using currencies from...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Shanghai takes on London & NYC Gold Monopoly

Shanghai aims to compete with major international financial centres such as New York, London and Zurich, and secure a position as a leading custodian of foreign gold reserves. Beijing has initiated a programme to encourage other coun...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Northern Sea route between China and Europe via Russia is the newly fully developed transportation corridor has become a competitive alternative to traditional maritime routes between Asia and Europe.

China is launching a regular large container ship delivery service via...

By Rhod Mackenzie

China has forced Poland's into the reopening of the vital transport corridor between China,Eurasia and the EU.Rhod Mackenzie looks at how this vital transportation link is part the struggle the EU has between the US and its trade with China

Poland has surrendered to pressure fr...

By Rhod Mackenzie

It appears that amidst the tariff and trade wars initiated by the US against the members of the BRICS they have started to hit back hard.It has been reported that American farmers are stating that will be facing bankruptcy if Donald Trump does not reach an agreement with China ov...

By Rhod Macknzie

The economic consequences of playing up the "Russian threat" in the Baltic states have become evident. In response to complaints from Vilnius, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has allocated funding to Lithuania to enhance surveillance of Russian trains th...