SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
China has expanded its arsenal of defensive trade tools with the introduction of a new law. Beijing has made it clear to its main trading partners, including the United States and a number of European countries led by Germany, that if they introduce tariffs and duties on the export products of the s...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The scheme proposed in India for using the rupees of Russian suppliers for export to third countries can be implemented under two conditions: the discount on the return of proceeds must be less than the existing one, and India will have to form a sufficient pool of orders for its...
By Rhod Mackenzie
On Friday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing. During the meeting, Wang highlighted that while there has been an increase in positive interactions in the bilateral relations, there are also negative factors that are...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Europeans don't change: there bad habits or provocattions as Ton the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to France at the beginning of May to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, Brussels officials have prepared an unpleasant surpri...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The past year is unlikely to be a good one for Russia's energy sector. Under the influence of sanctions and other negative circumstances, the Russian Federation's oil and gas revenues fell by almost a quarter (23.9%) in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to Reuters.
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By Paulo Nogueira Batista.
The realisation of grand projects always implies imagination and persistence in overcoming all sorts of barriers and all kinds of resistance. Let us hope that the BRICS will confirm expectations entertained by the Global South and rise to the challenge of providing const...
