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South African Trade Minister Rob Davies condemns US trade war actions

“These actions are accompanied by growing disdain for multilateralism and global trade rules.”
Davies says US unilateral policies will disrupt global trade [Photo courtesy: DTI]
The South African Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, told the BRICS Business Council meeting in Durban South Africa that the US was creating global economic turbulence by ignoring long standing world trade rules and imposing unilateral actions.

BRICS NDB bank loans to reach $2.5 bln in 2017 – official

Special Report on 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China
Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei (C), Shanghai Mayor Yang Xiong (R) and President of the New Development Bank (NDB) of BRICS K.V. Kamath attend the launching ceremony of the bank in Shanghai, east China, July 21, 2015 [Xinhua]
The BRICS New Development Bank is hoping to increase the size of its loans in 2017, a Chinese Ministry of Finance official said on Thursday.
The statements by Zhou Qiangwu reiterate remarks made last year by the NDB Vice-President Zhu Xian.