SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
China continues to demonstrate its not afraid of a trade conflct with the USA and is strangling the US military industrial complex by restricting the supply of rare earth metals to the US companies . The impact of this is causing particuar problems for the US defence industry,...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In the context of Donald Trump's ten-day ultimatum with the threat of the imposition of secondary oil sanctions on countries buying Russia oil, some domestic US analysts may be asking themselves: what is the purpose of these sanctions, why are they being implemented, and what ar...
By Rhod Mackenzie
India continues to purchase Russian oil, its refineries are operating at full capacity, and negotiations are underway for wholesale purchases of raw materials in September. US President Donald Trump has issued a formal request to the government of India, urging them to refrain fr...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The most pressing issue facing the European Union today is not only its decline, but also its serious reluctance to acknowledge that this decline has happened. The Union continues to adopt an outwardly confident stance, offering all and sundry unwarrented guidance and envisioni...
In the lead-up to the European-Chinese summit, the EU is allegedly taking steps to enhance its relations with Beijing. However, the head of the EC Ursula von de Lyon has turned to a somewhat unconventional way of communication, by starting the dialogue by with a diatrabe comprised of a long lis...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Brazil was the last of the BRICS founding member countries to full embrace trading using national currencies. Overall, these payments already account for around 90 per cent of transactions within the international association. So what is mainly bought with one's own cuurencies...
