Bono could pressure Western lenders to forgive debt back in the day.
But he won’t have any say in Beijing.
Beijing is proving to be much less generous than Bretton Woods system institutions and, as it is the dominant trade partner and investor in the majority of countries, what Beijing wants, it gets.
The Chinese want their pound of flesh – and forgiveness of sovereign debts isn’t an agenda item.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/11/china-lending-imf-world-bank-00090588
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