Bangladesh is in talks with the 15-member RCEP bloc and is likely to take a call about joining it after the elections on January 7. India had pulled out of the RCEP pact in 2019 after negotiating for seven years, citing concerns on trade deficit with China, circumvention of rules of origin, and how the base rate of customs duty was unaddressed. The RCEP now comprises the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), as well as Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.
A group of EU countries is in favour of weakening the measures proposed by the European Union to combat the circumvention of sanctions against Russia through third countries. Source: Bloomberg, citing sources, as reported by European Pravda Details: The European Commission proposed to prohibit importers from reselling, in particular, semiconductors used in Russia for the production of weapons.
China — the biggest internet market globally with more than 1 billion users — is no stranger to online censorship. Earlier this month, client software Clash for Windows, a popular proxy tool that helps users bypass firewalls and circumvent China's censorship system, suddenly stopped appearing on GitHub: The repository had been the main route for users to download it and the developer to update it. After deleting the repository, the developer of Clash for Windows, who goes by the pseudonym @Fndroid, posted on X that they would stop updating the tool, with no further detail.
using fuel from these refineries, or one in 20 british flights being powered purely by russian crude. so, how much is this all worth to russia? according to the figures, in the first six months of 2023, the energy bought by the uk generated more than $122 million in revenue for russia, of which at least $50 million went directly to the kremlin in tax revenues. so, russia has essentiallyjust skirted around the sanctions. it is selling as much oil as it was before the war, and that is as a result of this circumvention. big british firms like bp and shell are buying this jet fuel. bp said: shell told us: while the uk government said: bp said: shell told us: