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Debt deadlock

Countries in economic distress are struggling to move forward, hampered by the lack of a global playbook, which has enabled China to become a powerful force in restructuring sovereign debt

Beijing’s rise leaves Paris Club of creditors struggling to find forum
Breaking the debt deadlock will require China to adopt a more collegial approach
China hit by surge in Belt and Road bad loans
Global finance scheme becomes millstone for Beijing as $78bn renegotiated or written off in past 3 years
Ghana default puts domestic debt ‘can of worms’ in the spotlight
IMF insists for first time that a government must deal with local creditors before it will approve a bailout
How China changed the game for countries in default
The fragile process for dealing with insolvent economies is now at risk of unravelling completely owing to a powerful and unpredictable force in sovereign debt