RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:UK and Ero nat gasIt should be interesting to see how it plays out right now.
The lack of any kind of sanctions or admonishments of any kinds is very telling already.
It looks like this is to be an alliance purely based on economics and very little if any moral code.
It is perhaps how the G7 should have operated but of course democracies supposedly have to answer to their populations who do not necessarily want to do business at any cost or price. Or do we?
Not too many democracies in BRICS and VET operates in none of them not that democratic rule has aided VET in its endeavors and may have hindered.
I guess we can ask ourselves this: Would we rather be invested in VET or Gazprom?
I know my answer.
GLTA
Pandora wrote: Interesting how this may roll out with time:
BRICS to Control Over 80% of Global Oil Production and 33% of GDP
With the addition of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran to the BRICS, the Union will be able to control the lion’s share (over 80%) of the world’s oil production. BRICS nations are experiencing some of the fastest GDP growth and together amount to over $30 trillion in GDP.
The economic alliance that represented just 17% of GDP in 1995, now represents 32% of global GDP, surpassing G7 nations for the first time. This data was from April, but more recent numbers peg the BRICS share of global GDP at 33.5%. The BRICS alliance is now a force to be reckoned with and their growth is only getting started.