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  November 2, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  China and Central Asia Reach Numerous Belt & Road Initiative Agreements

  By Emil Avdaliani When China held its third Belt and Road Forum in October, little information was made public regarding the deals signed during the event. In fact, China reached numerous agreements, and especially so with its Central Asian neighbors. These ranged from developing green technologies to infrastructure construction. We identify them as follows:
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  November 1, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Russian Billionaire Industrialist Sees China-Russia Trade & Investment Trends Ahead

  Oleg Deripaska, Founder of Rusal, says China-Russia bilateral trade can reach US$500 billion and that the BRI is ushering in geopolitical changes  China and Russia can further explore integration in financial infrastructure, and China-Russia local currency settlement cooperation can go further, according to Oleg Deripaska, industrialist, philanthropist and founder of aluminum giant Rusal.
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  October 30, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Central Asia Transit Nations Looking At New Transport Corridors

  Avoiding Kazakhstan has become a Eurasian logistics concern as sanctions measures spread  A curious side-effect of the Western sanctions policy towards Russia, has allowed Central Asia and, especially, Uzbekistan to actively engage in the formation of new transport corridors, creating interesting logistics combinations in greater Eurasia.
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  October 29, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  European Union Announces Multi-Billion Euros Deals At The Global Gateway Forum

  Criticism over a lack of public transparency and putting profits ahead of real project needs have surfaced The European Union has announced numerous multimillion dollar deals at its Global Gateway Forum, the bloc’s new infrastructure partnership plan that’s seen as an alternative to China’s worldwide Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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  October 26, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Proposals For Shanghai Cooperation Organisation To Set Up Payment Mechanisms Using Member State Currencies

  If adopted, 20% of global GDP would move to non-US dollar transactions   Proposals have been made by the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, for establishing an independent payment mechanism for members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
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  October 25, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Silk Road Investment Fund Working Capital Increased By US$11 Billion

  During the recent Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, the Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a number of new initiatives, including new financing corridors.
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  October 24, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  BRICS Pay: The Latest Development & Integration Updates

  By Paul Goncharoff With all the geopolitical and economic upheavals happening on what seems an accelerated daily basis, often important details get lost in the urgency of other events. Over the past weeks we have seen BRICS steadily growing, and just last week, the Belt & Road forum has shown clear, goal driven results despite[…..]
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  October 23, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The Taliban’s Approach to Afghanistan’s Economy

  Taliban officials attended China’s Belt & Road Forum last week. What is the economic likelihood for economic development in Afghanistan? By Farzad Ramezani Bonesh, with additional comments by Chris Devonshire-Ellis Introduction Although Afghanistan’s economy had experienced reasonable growth until 2001, from the US invasion until now, it has declined and become a dependent, consumption economy,[…..]
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  October 21, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  The 2023 Belt & Road Initiative Forum: A Greener and more Cost-Effective Vision

  By Emil Avdaliani The Third Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing last week witnessed participation from over 4,000 individuals representing more than 140 nations. By the conclusion of the forum, cooperation projects totaling US$97.2 billion were inked. China released 89 multilateral cooperation documents and detailed 458 concrete cooperative initiatives. More wide-ranging, the Forum signals[…..]
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  October 19, 2023 by Silk Road Briefing
  

  Xi Announces Eight New Development Strategies For The Belt & Road Initiative

  US$97.2 billion of investment deals signed at this week’s Beijing BRI Forum  By Chris Devonshire-Ellis Chinese President Xi Jinping’s address at Wednesday’s (October 18) opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation saw him introduce eight new strategic goals for the BRI – many of them closely tied with Beijing’s goals of attaining[…..]