The global south breaks away from US-led world order

The global south breaks away from US-led world order
Joining Namibia and Zimbabwe, Ghana is preparing to ban exports of lithium, crucial for EV batteries. (Image: Getty)
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By Michelle Jamrisko and Iain MarlowLet Trade Run Free. Tie your currency to the US dollar. Align your foreign policy with America’s. The US and its western partners wrote these economic rules, a cornerstone of the world order prevailing since World War II. Now developing countries, often called the 'global south', are quietly revising them.The global south sees a chance to chart its own future. Nirupama Menon Rao, a former Indian foreign secretary, points to her country’s spreading of digital payments to developing nat...

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