Pushpendra Mehta meets with Craig Jeffery, Managing Partner of Strategic Treasurer, to review the latest treasury news and developments. Topics of discussion include the following:

• Russia offering SCO countries connection to its version of SWIFT
• Multinational companies developing contingency plans in the event of a US-China military conflict
• UBS investing in BigPanda, an American AI company
• Lending rates lowered again in China
• BlackRock warning Wall Street watchdog that new ESG rules could harm investors
• Drought hurting China's economy
• The Rhine shrinking, adding to Germany's ongoing economic woes