Trade

European Workers Suffer Russia Sanctions Blowback With Predictable Redundancies

Economy, Finance, Investment, Trade

We rarely comment about the sanctions regime here on RPA mainly because we deal with trade and investment issues and also as the topic is usually well covered elsewhere. However, the news that Unilever are to slash their European workforce by 30% is a predictable result of sanctions being placed upon Russia and political pressure […]

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Eurasian Economic Union, United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement Expected In September

BRICS, Economy, Eurasian Economic Union, Finance, Trade

Representatives of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expect to come to a substantive conclusion of negotiations on signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the autumn of 2024, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has said. This followed statements by Andrei Slepnev, the EEC Trade Minister and Thani bin Ahmed

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BRICS “B20” Proposed As A Global Parliamentary Bloc As New Members Clamour To Join 

Africa, BRICS, China, India, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

The BRICS tenth parliamentary forum has been taking place in St. Petersburg, with major structural changes being discussed to manage the blocs development. Russia is the current chair of the forum, which was presided over by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. He stated that “Thus far, BRICS does not have its own institutionalized parliamentary structure.

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Russia – Senegal Bilateral Trade & ECOWAS Developments

Africa, BRICS, Trade

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has been holding talks with the Senegalese President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar. The sides discussed joint projects in energy, mining and processing of minerals, the Russian Foreign Ministry has stated, adding “The issues of increasing trade and economic and investment partnership volumes, improving the contractual and legal framework,

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Russia and SCO flag

Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Trade Hits US$330 Billion

China, India, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Anton Alikhanov, the Russian Industry and Trade Minister, has stated that mutual trade between Russia and the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) surged by 25% in 2023, reaching US$333 billion. The SCO completed their annual Heads of State meetings in Astana last week. This means that Russia’s trade with the SCO equates to

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Russia, Kyrgyzstan Looking To Increase Bilateral Trade By 70%

Eurasian Economic Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Akylbek Japarov, the Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister, has said that Kyrgyzstan and Russia intend to increase mutual trade by 70% to reach US$5 billion a year in the medium term. Japarov stated that “There is good potential for this. Last year, our trade was US$3 billion, and in four months of this year trade it has

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Russia, India Set Target To Boost Bilateral Trade To US$100 Billion

BRICS, Finance, India, Trade

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to boost their bilateral trade to US$100 billion by 2030. Putin has been meeting with Modi for bilateral talks in Moscow, during which they discussed a wide range of issues. The two sides agreed on a plan of strategic cooperation until 2030.

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China’s RMB Yuan Accounts For 99.6% Of All Forex Trade On The Moscow Stock Exchange

China, Finance, Trade

China’s RMB Yuan accounted for virtually the whole volume of exchange forex trading after the imposition of sanctions against the Moscow Exchange (MOEX), making up 99.6% of all transactions, the Central Bank of Russia has stated. Trading volume on the over-the-counter forex market reached ₽13 trillion (US$148 billion) in June. When sanctions were first imposed

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Russia, Uzbekistan Look To Triple Bilateral Trade By 2030

Eurasian Economic Union, Trade

Laziz Kudratov, Uzbekistan’s Investment, Industry and Trade Minister, has stated that Uzbekistan and Russia have every chance of increasing bilateral trade to US$30 billion by 2030, speaking at the Uzbek-Russia working group for increasing bilateral trade being held in Moscow. Kudratov pointed to the major expansion of the structure of goods and the increasing share

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Putin and Modi

How India’s Vostro Bank Account Scheme Can Assist With Russia’s Rupee Trade Settlements Problem

BRICS, Economy, Finance, India, Trade

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been in Moscow holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in discussions likely to have far-reaching, positive consequences for Russia-India bilateral trade as well as the BRICS group. There are however, technical problems to solve. A major stumbling block is that India buys far more from Russia than vice

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