... Outcomes of South Africa’s BRICS Summit
In the economic sphere, one of the key themes is clearly the greater use of national currencies and there clearly is yet more that needs to be done to advance this process. Apart from the New Development Bank (NDB) that may step up efforts in this sphere there are also the regional development banks, where BRICS and BRICS+ countries are members. Thus far, the BRICS have not exploited the full potential for economic cooperation that resides in bringing together ...
... Multilateral Clearing Union (MCU) which would serve as an intra-BRICS currency swap pool and tackle balance of payment shortcomings, trade finance, financial crisis aversion, and an overall restoration of sovereignty by
de-dollarizing
BRICS trade (NDB, 2017). This intention was also echoed in the 2017 BRICS Xiamen Summit declaration, which
stated
:
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We agree to …enhance currency cooperation, consistent with each central bank's legal mandate, including through currency swap, local currency ...
... past several weeks ahead of the BRICS summit in Brazil a number of initiatives were unveiled by representatives of the BRICS economies. One of the more significant discussions centered on the expansion in the membership of the New Development Bank (NDB). According to the Deputy Finance Minister of Russia Sergey Storchak BRICS countries may give the green light to the expansion in the Bank’s membership at the BRICS summit in Brazil this year. In effect, the expansion in the membership of the Bank ...
... subject to sanctions at one point partially or fully.
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China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa are the founding members of the
New Development Bank
. NDB’s 2017–2021 general strategy clearly highlights the bank’s commitment and intention to be new in three areas: 1) new relationships; 2) new projects and instruments; 3) new approaches.
All of these goals herald an unconventional, bold new, inclusive ...
... all countries of EEU. The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), the EEU (Eurasian Economic Union), the AIIB (the new Chinese-founded Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank), and the NDB (the BRICS’ New Development Bank are all set to decide a new world order and a new economic boom in world market. Geopolitical analysts are believing that these associations and their agenda is futuristic and may create a new world order in ...
