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By Rhod Mackenzie

The BRICS are creating a trade payment and settlement system   and has abandoned discussions about creating a new currency.
It appears that the BRICS leaders thinking is  moving towards the creation of a payment system independent of the dollar. What form could such a structure...

By Rhod Mackenzie
The Media in Not So Great Britain  is calling the Prime Minister Sir Wan Keir Starmer's visit to China nothing less than a "capitulation." to Beiing. Why did the British prime minister go to China to meet with Xi Jinping, and why is this meeting a controversial issue not only for...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Finland has the highest unemployment rate in the EU which is a direct consequence of Helsinki's decision to join NATO,  impose EU sanctions and completely break its economic and business ties to Moscow. That said there still some are other factors to consider. 
In December, the...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Despite the continued presence of significant Russophobic rhetoric, Poland has decided to expand border cooperation with Belarus, while Finland is hinting at the imminent opening of its border with Russia. So  why is  Lithuania is calling this a claiming "low punch from the devio...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Beijing has successfully managed to increase the use of the yuan on the global stage. It is currently offering its debtors the opportunity to convert their dollar loans into yuan. This strategy is already a success as Kenya has already consented to this proposal and stands to sav...

By Rhod Mackenzie
The German economy has now been in a state of decline for the third consecutive year. The major industrial sectors of the country have seen a hugely significant job losses  amounting to hundreds of thousands Analysts are are now convince that is now a major crisis that continues t...