United States and China are seeking debt relief measures

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News Date: February 23, 2024

The United States and China are in frequent discussions to prevent emerging market sovereign defaults.
Talks include preemptive measures such as extending loan periods to ease the annual debt service burden of over US$400 billion for poor countries.
Ideas also involve increased financing from the World Bank and others to address high borrowing rates.
The aim is to implement these measures before countries default and enter formal restructuring talks with creditors.
The Treasury Department: "we talk frequently with China about sovereign debt concerns.
And we talk to many countries about how to make sure the international financial architecture is meeting low-income country financing needs".

Gold has the historic value

Russia holds world's fifth-largest gold & foreign currency reserves.
Russia has reached a historic record in international reserves, ranking fifth in the world after China, Japan, Switzerland, and India, the Accounts Chamber said after an audit of the country's gold and foreign exchange holdings.
Gold proves its intrinsic value over time, as a hoard of Roman gold coins recovered from the seabed.
The horde was identified after two amateur free divers discovered coins in the bay of Portitxol in Xabia.
Sources: www.heritagedaily.com

China is emerging as IMF competitor

China gave tens of billions in secretive 'emergency loans' to vulnerable nations, emerging as world's major creditor and IMF competitor.
China has shelled out tens of billions in opaque 'emergency loans' for at-risk nations, indicating a shift to providing short-term emergency lending rather than longer-term infrastructure loans.
Source: fortune.com

Trump's objective is to abolish the IRS

February 25, 2025:
Doug O'Donnell, the acting head of the IRS, is set to announce his retirement amid significant disruptions at the agency. His departure follows recent layoffs initiated by the Trump administration and an attempt by personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access taxpayer data. The move comes at a time of mounting challenges for the tax collection agency.
February 20, 2025:
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated on Fox News that President Trump's objective is to abolish the IRS, aligning with his broader vision of replacing federal income taxes with tariffs on foreign nations.
Lutnick emphasized that the administration aims to balance the U.S. budget by the end of Trump's term, reinforcing Trump's economic and fiscal agenda.
"I am so pumped up for it," Lutnick declared on Jesse Watters Primetime, highlighting plans for an "External Revenue Service" to oversee alternative revenue sources.

China is closer to the gold standard

Update from November 1st:
China Securities Index Co launched two gold-linked stock indices to cash in on surging demand for exposure to the safe-haven metal.
The new indexes include shares of global gold miners such as Newmont Corporation and Barrick Gold.
In response to Western responses to military conflicts, Chinese government-affiliated researchers are considering several strategies for China.
One is the issuance of gold-denominated bonds, supported by gold reserves, which would bolster economic resilience and establish China as a stable global player.
Another approach involves creating a global network of Chinese companies to diversify trade relationships and reduce vulnerability to sanctions.
Additionally, seizing American assets within China is seen as a retaliatory measure to protect Chinese interests and discourage unilateral actions by the U.S.
These strategies reported through Reuters collectively aim to ensure China's economic stability and global influence in an evolving geopolitical landscape.

WH is launching Quantum Information Science official website

White House is launching http://quantum.gov, the official website of the National Quantum Initiative and Quantum Information Science.
Quantum Information Science (QIS) emerges from a deeper consideration of how quantum physics (our description of the world at the microscopic level) has implications for information science.
The National Quantum Initiative Act (NQI Act) was signed into law by President Trump on December 21, 2018 to accelerate quantum research and development for the economic and national security of the United States.
Sources:www.quantum.gov