In Teeth of US Protests, Mexico Moves Towards Energy and Mining Reforms – Two Articles
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In Teeth of US Protests, Mexico Moves Towards Energy and Mining Reforms – Two Articles

As US and Canada Threaten to Sue Mexico Over Energy Policies, Mexico “Nationalises” Sizable Chunk of Electrical Grid; Mining Corporations Are Up in Arms Over Mexican Government’s Potentially Game-Changing Mining Reform Proposals.

The World Bank and the BRICS Bank Have New Leaders and Different Outlooks
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The World Bank and the BRICS Bank Have New Leaders and Different Outlooks

The BRICS Bank is a young institution compared to the World Bank, but it has considerable financial resources and will need to be innovative in providing assistance that does not lead to endemic debt. Whether it will be able to break with the IMF’s orthodoxy is yet to be seen.