Xi Came In Through The Belgrade Window, Egypt's Pyramid Scheme, Per Capita No Cap
Belgrade. Budapest. It’s not the classic tourist itinerary – but by his very footprints, Xi Jinping’s historic state visit is redrawing the power map of Europe. What does the continent look like once he’s done stomping about?
Meanwhile, the Pound is in deep trouble - the Egyptian Pound, that is.
As the land of the pharaohs takes a 45 % haircut on its currency, Egypt is spreading its multipolar tentacles. They’ve announced that they’re going to be settling their trade debts in currencies other than the US dollar.
Egypt is the world’s biggest importer of grain. Russia is the world’s biggest…
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