More News, Rumors and Opinions Thursday PM. 12-2-2021

RV Excerpts from the Restored Republic via a GCR: Update as of Thurs. 2 Dec. 2021

Compiled Thurs. 2 Dec. 2021 12:01 am EST by Judy Byington

The Global Currency Reset:

Wed. morning 1 Dec. MarkZ: Paymasters remained in place to pay out Tier 4B (us, the Internet Group). In Zurich Bond Holders would finish up this afternoon.

Simon Parkes: All currency test-runs done. HSBC will lead the process. [Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp.] U.S. on full alert for the Redemption process. Temple Texas—NOT Reno—sets it off.

On Fri. 3 Dec. a bankrupt US Inc. runs out of money: Fed Runs Out of Money Dec. 3 – DEFCON 4 Threats of WW3 – Tom Hanks Pedogate – Ghislaine Maxwell’s Terramar Project – Israel Organ Harvesting | Beyond Science | Before It’s News (beforeitsnews.com)

On Wed. 1 Dec. the Stock Market tanked, again. https://money.cnn.com/data/markets

The ‘Clock is Ticking’: US Experts Fear China’s ‘EMP Attacks’ Could Lead to Doomsday Scenario – 25.11.2021, Sputnik International: https://sputniknews.com/20211125/clock-is-ticking-us-experts-fear-chinas-emp-attacks-could-lead-to-doomsday-scenario-1091023060.html

EU Official Warns Of ‘Rolling Blackouts’ As Energy Crisis Worsens. Europe’s energy crisis is about to get a whole lot worse as the Northern Hemisphere winter is just weeks away. New risks are emerging across the continent that households and companies might have to scale back on power use or even plan for rolling blackouts.

Macy’s will close several stores throughout U.S. in 2022: https://share.newsbreak.com/79in4zl7

Italy Minister Warns of European Blackouts Amid Rising Prices: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-30/draghi-says-italy-prepared-to-intervene-again-on-energy-prices

Global Financial Crisis:

China Crisis: Kaisa next debt worry as UK asset manager buys up Evergrande bonds. Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.’s offer to exchange its $400 million of dollar notes maturing Dec. 7 for new ones due 18 months later – in a bid to avert default – expires on Thursday.(Bloomberg). London-based asset manager Ashmore Group reportedly bought around $100mn of bonds issued by China Evergrande or its subsidiaries.  Ashmore now allegedly holds a whopping $500mn of the company’s debt, which tops an eye-watering $300 BILLION in total. Evergrande plunged 8.8% in Hong Kong Monday, extending the biggest two-day drop in more than four months.

Read full post here: https://dinarchronicles.com/2021/12/02/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-update-as-of-december-2-2021/

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Courtesy of Dinar Guru

Frank26   [Firefly boots-on-the-ground Iraqi TV update]  FIREFLY:  They just told us all foreign troops including the United States of America troops will all be gone from Iraq...  They told us the reason why everyone's leaving is because we have full sovereignty.  FRANK:  Wow.  Stop and think about it the only way that you could raise the value of your currency is if you had security and stability. We talked about it...Dr. Shabibi talked about it...

Pimpy  We're just waiting for the courts to ratify the election so that Sadr could continue working on developing this government.  So, so far so good.  It's looking like things are falling into place.  We really want to see Al-Kazemi in there.  I'd love to see him continue to do the great work that he's doing and do what it takes to make sure that Iraq is back on track and their people are prospering.  

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KTFA:

Samson:  World Bank transfers $280 million in frozen aid to Afghanistan

2nd December, 2021

The World Bank Board has approved transferring $280 million from a frozen Afghanistan trust fund to two relief agencies to help the country. Reuters quoted two well-informed sources on Wednesday that this transfer aims to help Afghanistan overcome the effects of its deteriorating economy in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of power and the withdrawal of the United States.

The source explained that the 31 donors to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, which is managed by the World Bank, must agree to the transfer before the funds can reach the World Food Program and the United Nations Children's Fund "UNICEF". The two sources added that the donors are expected to meet on Friday.  LINK

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Samson:  Facilitating Iraq's WTO Accession process in collaboration with Iraq's National Committee on WTO Accession

29th November, 2021

Iraq's National Committee on WTO Accession participated in a technical session organised in Baghdad on 23rd November.

The session  provided a comprehensive overview of the accession process and highlighted the crucial role of  the National Committee on WTO Accession in this process.

Iraq initiated its process to WTO Accession in 2004 but due to political and economic instability this was stalled until 2017 when Iraq expressed interest to reinstate their determination to join the WTO. Since then, Iraq has made considerable progress in this front including the recent submission of key technical documents to the WTO secretariat.

Representatives from various government institutions from Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq including officials from the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry participated in the session. Various private sector institutions also attended.

The workshop was organized by the International Trade Centre (ITC) a joint agency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and United Nations (UN), through the "Strengthening the Agriculture and Agri-food Value Chain and Improving trade policy in Iraq" (SAAVI) project.

Funded by the European Union (EU), the project is contributing to inclusive economic growth and job creation, particularly for youth, by improving Iraq's agriculture competitiveness and supporting trade development. It is also particularly focuses on providing support to Iraq in the process of acceding to the WTO.

Mr. Adel Al-Masoodi, Director General, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Trade opened the day and reaffirmed Iraq's commitment to the accession to the WTO and assured the support of his team to the SAAVI project. In his opening remarks, Mr Al-Masoodi also recognised and congratulated the progress that has been made in Iraq's Accession progress through ITC's SAAVI project.

The delegation of the European Union to Iraq was also present at the event and was represented by Mr. Mauro Gioe, who stated that "becoming a member of the WTO will result in a reduction of trade barriers, predictability and transparency of international trade rules, and increased competitiveness, all of which will increase trade for Iraq" adding that  "the advantages gained by a new WTO member are always greater than the potential losses that some economic actors may initially face. Overall, the whole country wins".

On behalf of ITC, Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, the Director of the Division of Market Development opened the session. In his remarks, Mr. Aggarwal focused on the importance of a strong National Committee in place to progress on WTO Accession. The National Committee provides a platform for both the public and private sector to come together and to take key  decisions in line with national priorities  and domestic policy reform," he said.

The workshop provided an opportunity to reassemble members of the National Committee on WTO accession, created 2004 through a ministerial order. Participants were updated by the Ministry of Trade of Iraq about the recent development which occurred in relation to Iraq's accession process to the WTO. This was followed by a number of technical sessions aimed at building a common understanding of all members with respect to substantive and procedural matters of immediate relevance for Iraq's accession to the WTO.

This session is part of a series of capacity building sessions that will be organised through the SAAVI project to support Iraq to accede to the WTO.  LINK