
Commentary
Lifting Oil Sanctions is a False Dawn for Venezuela
The United States’ temporary reversal of sanctions towards the Maduro regime promises to bring forth democratic elections but will have little impact on anything other than oil prices.
2020: A Year for Chinese Stock Exchanges
2020 has been a momentous year for the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong stock exchanges. So far, these Chinese exchanges have collectively raised $76 billion, 43% of the global total.
Double the peso, double the trouble
Cuba's anomalous dual-currency system represents the radical fervor to fight for Communism.
China's Digital Currency and Yuan Internationalization
The development of the DCEP has been partially driven by a desire to proliferate the Yuan into the international financial system.
Chinese SOEs and International Debt Relief
The G-20’s struggle to secure well-defined and quantified commitments from China to freeze low-income nation debt is of the same kind that fueled the United States’ volatile response to an ascendant TikTok, WeChat, and Huawei.