O Mundo Está A Mudar

 

Tem havido um foco demasiado grande que incide apenas no conflito na Ucrânia, onde eu próprio me incluo, pois não tenho transcrito as minhas ideias sobre este tema tão importante, mas o conflito tem contornos muito maiores, não podemos olhar só para árvore, temos que olhar para a floresta. E muita coisa está em mudança.

Vou focar aqui alguns:

China and Brazil Agree to Dump Dollar for Trade

China and Brazil have struck a deal to trade in their own currencies instead of the US dollar, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, according to a report by AFP, which noted that the biggest economy in Latin America expected the agreement would reduce costs and spur greater bilateral trade and investment.

China is Brazil’s biggest trading partner, with a record US$150.5 billion in bilateral trade last year, according to the report, which said the deal followed a preliminary agreement in January, announced after a high-level China-Brazil business forum in Beijing. Officials said the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Bank of Communications BBM would undertake the transactions.

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China Settles First LNG Trade in Yuan in Latest Hit to Dollar

China’s national oil company CNOOC and France’s TotalEnergies had completed China’s first LNG trade settled in yuan.

Approximately 65,000 tonnes of LNG imported from the United Arab Emirates changed hands in the trade, it said in a statement.

TotalEnergies confirmed to Reuters that the transaction involved LNG imported from the UAE but did not comment further.

The state-owned Global Times quoted Chinese oil experts who hailed yuan settlement of international LNG trades as “a major event in China’s market-oriented oil and gas reform”, with a CNOOC manager saying it would help “build a diversified ecosystem for LNG trading”...

Russia has, not surprisingly, increasingly embraced the yuan amid Western sanctions imposed after it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

During a visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh in December President Xi Jinping announced that China would “make full use” of the Shanghai exchange as a platform to carry out yuan settlements of oil and gas trades.

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Saudi Arabia open to trading in currencies besides the US dollar

China has called for Saudi Arabia to price oil sales in yuan, a move that could dent the dollar's dominance.

During a visit to the Gulf in December, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Arab leaders that Beijing would push to buy oil and gas in yuan, as it looks to position its currency for use in international trade.

Saudi Arabia, like other Gulf states, has pegged its currency to the dollar for decades.

Saudi Arabia announced its first annual budget surplus in nearly a decade. 

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Saudi Arabia takes step to join China-led security bloc, as ties with Beijing strengthen

Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a decision to join a China-led security bloc, strengthening Riyadh’s eastern ties in a further step away from U.S. interests.

Saudi interests have long been intertwined with those of leading SCO members China and Russia. Beijing is Riyadh’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade worth $87.3 billion in 2021, according to Reuters.

Separately, Riyadh is a close ally of Russia in the crude oil production policies of the OPEC+ coalition.

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Iran to invite Saudi king to Tehran as Raisi invited to Riyadh 

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sent an invitation letter to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi asking him to pay a visit to Riyadh.

“We will also send a similar invitation to the King of Saudi Arabia,” Amir Abdollahian told Al Jazeera on Monday.

Tehran and Riyadh reached an agreement in early March to resume diplomatic relations after years of hostility. The talks were brokered by China.

According to the National, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that his country is ready to support a follow-up process between Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore diplomatic relations.

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Xi, Putin agree to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for new era

Xi pointed out that China and Russia are each other's biggest neighbor and that consolidating and developing long-term good-neighborly relations with Russia is consistent with historical logic and a strategic choice of China, which will not be changed by any turn of events.

Xi said, adding that relations between the two countries have grown from strength to strength, showing the features of being more comprehensive, more practical, and more strategic.

No matter how the international landscape may change, China will stay committed to advancing the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era...

Xi noted that changes unseen in a century are evolving faster and the international balance of power is undergoing a profound shift.

The two sides should support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests, and jointly resist the interference in internal affairs by external forces, he said, calling on the two sides to enhance communication and coordination on international affairs, especially in the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS and other multilateral frameworks...

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A Rússia avançou não contra a Ucrânia, mas contra nós, o Ocidente. Mais de um ano de conflito, mostrou que é possível manter a a sua linha de conduta, apesar de ser o país mais sancionado do mundo, "isolado" e fora do sistema de pagamentos SWIFT.

Tem avançado com acordos e tem mostrado a outros países o seu ponto de vista. Destaco países da Ásia Central, Médio Oriente e África.

Mas o grande trunfo, o peso pesado que é capaz de colar todos estes países, é a China. E a China mostrou ao mundo inteiro como encara a Rússia. XI após avançar para o 3º mandato, foi de imediato visitar Putin. E fez questão de demonstrar que está do lado da Rússia, numa parceria Estratégica.

Deu-se inicio a uma mudança estrutural no mundo.

E nós, europeus, vamos assistindo ao crescer de fissuras nas nossas estruturas.

Os europeus vão ser os primeiros a sentir o preço das opções tomadas.

Quisemos ter segurança militar, quisemos segurança energética, quisemos tudo, à custa de outros. 

Acabou.

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P.S.

Parece que se confirma, os EUA, o país com a maior estrutura militar do mundo, em que o seu orçamento é superior ao combinado do resto do mundo, não consegue criar algo que uma potência com o PIB inferior ao estado do Texas já tem. Mísseis hipersónicos.

US Air Force drops Lockheed hypersonic missile after failed tests

The U.S. Air Force isn’t going to buy the hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon after the prototyping phase ends, following problems during testing, the service’s acquisition chief told lawmakers Wednesday...

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Os EUA estão a atirar rios de dinheiro a tentar dominar esta tecnologia mas até agora nada. E claro, quanto mais tempo passa, mais gente repara no pormenor de que uma super-potência nuclear de topo, não está a conseguir dominar uma tecnologia que dá a supremacia a quem a detém.

E todos sabemos quem a tem,

Mais. Quem já a usa.