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Trump’s 500% Tariffs Against India, China and Brazil, and the Venezuela Oil Issue: Analysis

Brazil, China, Economy, Europe, Finance, India, Russian Market, Trade

U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed his threat of imposing punitive tariffs of up to 500% on countries such as India, China, and Brazil that continue to import Russian crude oil. While the announcement has generated immediate political noise, it has thus far resulted in limited economic shockwaves. Trump’s decision to “greenlight” legislation threatening 500% […]

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Russia’s Pivot To Asia – 2025 Website Coverage & Results

Africa, China, Europe, India, Investment, Latin America, Middle East, Russian Market, Trade

Russia’s Pivot To Asia now enters its third full year of operations and has over the past months and years developed into a primary source of non-partisan, data-based commentary about what we see as the largest geopolitical shift in Eurasia for 800 years – Russia’s Pivot to Asia and the Global South. A question often

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Russia Prioritizes Murmansk Over Baltic Sea

Europe, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

Murmansk has received the status of a ‘Strategic Transport Hub’ and is eligible for more state-level funding and development. The move, prioritized by Russian President Vladimir Putin comes as Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, advised that the Baltic Sea could turn into an inland sea for NATO as Finland and Sweden

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India & Russia Coordinate Logistics To Boost Trade To US$100 Billion

India, Infrastructure, Investment, Logistics & Transport, Russian Market, Trade

At the Indian-Russian trade forum held last month, key agreements were signed to develop bilateral trade, with attention being paid to mutual transport links and infrastructure. Key projects include enhancements along the North-South and East Maritime Corridors, as well as the Vladivostok-Chennai route. Both countries are seeking to boost their bilateral trade to US$100 billion

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China Is The Largest Foreign Investor In The Russian Far East

China, Investment, Russian Market, Trade

China ranks first among foreign investor countries by the volume of investment in projects implemented using investment incentive preferential schemes in the Russian Far East, according to Alexey Chekunkov, the Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic. Discussing the advantages of the Russian Far East for Chinese investors compared to

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Russia, Iran To Launch Ulyanovsk–Astara Shipping Route

Infrastructure, Logistics & Transport, Middle East, Russian Market

Russia and Iran are preparing to launch a new shipping route linking Ulyanovsk and Astara, in a move aimed at expanding bilateral trade and strengthening logistical connectivity between the two countries. The planned route will connect Russia’s Ulyanovsk with the Iranian port city of Astara, creating a new transport corridor for agricultural and industrial goods.

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The Emergence Of The Bipolar World

Africa, Asia, China, Europe, India, Russian Market, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The unprovoked United States attacks on Venezuela – in which 40 Venezuelans are estimated to have died in the kidnapping and removal to the United States of the Venezuelan president—have been followed through with what appears could now be a civil war breaking out in the country. Meanwhile, US President Trump has issued ‘warnings’ to

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation To Overtake G7 GDP By 2030

China, Economy, Europe, Finance, India, Russian Market, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

As the United States has aptly demonstrated, the global world order is changing and is in the process of being remade into new alliances—both in terms of political and military pressure, with the latter now being utilised to enforce the former. Yet the current position Washington is taking—with assets close to its own territory as

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Russia-China 2025 Bilateral Trade To Exceed US$220 Billion

China, Economy, Finance, Russian Market, Trade

Bilateral trade between Russia and China is expected to reach slightly above US$220 billion by the end of 2025, despite the market-driven adjustment currently affecting trade indicators, the Russian Ambassador to China, Igor Morgulov has said. He was addressing faculty members and students of the Renmin University of China, and stated “At present, due to

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China’s Trade Relations With Russia ‘Asymmetrical’

China, Economy, Finance, Russian Market, Trade

The Ukraine conflict and resulting Western sanctions have triggered an abrupt and far-reaching reorientation of Russia’s foreign trade, with China having replaced the European Union as Russia’s principal trading partner, according to the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, as per their latest monthly report. Before the conflict began in early 2022, almost half of

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