Beijing has a powerful tool to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened new tariffs on Chinese goods: it could launch a currency war, a step that carries dire risks for both China and the United States — and certainly for the global economy. Depreciating the value of China’s currency, the yuan, against the dollar would …
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Currency War: Why It’s Not Time to Short the Yuan?
As the “Trump trade” returns – again – fueling concerns of new geopolitical turmoil, hedge funds worldwide are scrambling to short the Chinese yuan. They are betting that Trump’s tax and trade policies, if elected, will strengthen the dollar, with China seeking a more competitive exchange rate as domestic growth slows. But if the last …
Currency War Intensifies – The Cheap Yuan and Why Secondary Sanctions Scared China
The battle that will not decide the outcome of the currency war – Why did China’s banks comply with the sanctions? With the threat of secondary sanctions keenly felt by Chinese banks, Washington appears to be temporarily winning a battle – but in an economic war it is decisively losing. The resilience of the Russian …
Russia gets Crypto Exchanges to Trade Digital Yuan – de-Dollarization as Ultimate Goal
Russia has announced plans to create two state-owned cryptocurrency exchanges aimed at making digital payments for international trade transactions. US sanctions have led Russia to seek alternative payment methods to keep its economy stable. The two cryptocurrency exchanges will operate in two different cities, one in Moscow and the other in St. Petersburg. Additionally, BRICS …
China: The Strategic Moves, Trade and Sanctions It Prepares for Currency War Against the Dollar
Financial security has become an integral part of China’s national security strategy since the Asian financial crisis of 1997 – when the so-called Asian Tigers collapsed. Rising geopolitical tensions with the US and the West in general since 2018 and Western economic sanctions against Russia have further prompted Chinese policymakers to strengthen the economy’s financial …
China cancels US tariffs by devaluing the yuan
China is actively promoting its plan for de-dollarization, promoting the yuan as the dominant currency in world trade, effectively challenging the long-standing dominance of the US dollar. China is trying to promote the yuan as a medium of international trade, implementing the basic principle of de-dollarization – reducing dependence on the dollar. China once relied …
Digital Platform for BRICS Trade Transactions – Non-IMF Yuan Loan Agreements
American economic hegemony rested on the dominance of the dollar within the system of international trade (mainly important commodities) and as a global reserve within the framework of the famous Bretton Woods agreement after 1944. This hegemony was combined with the formation of post-war international economic organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the …
Russia has abandoned the dollar and is increasing its foreign exchange reserves in yuan
In a state of war economy, Russia has survived and is victorious in a currency war that was declared against it by the West. Urals oil exports in local currencies, mainly with China and India, as well as the failure of sanctions on Russian energy goods boosted the country’s foreign exchange reserves and prevented the …
The “Red Dragon” (China) Grows Worldwide
While the Covid-19 pandemic was initiated by China (Wuhan Province) and it appeared that the Chinese government was taken by surprise, the subsequent successful management of the response to the pandemic strengthened Chinese citizens’ confidence in the communist regime of China, increased the national confidence and pride of the Chinese (always comparing it to the …