RE:Safe harbor Sounds like the BRICS concept...BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) & other countries as they are accepted into there idea...as an alternative to the U.S. Dollar..and using GOLD ....BRICS bloc is using gold to help shift global demand away from the US dollar.....now this is a relatively new concept whether it actually occurs is much like these (M)ergers & (A)cquisitipns...a wait and see....some take decades & other months..