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Goodbye dollar | Putin confirms historic shift: Russia and China are ...
Goodbye dollar | Putin confirms historic shift: Russia and China are ...
More than 99% of commercial payments between Russia and China are now made in rubles and yuan, with no dollars or euros. Russian Finance MinisterAnton Siluanovconfirmed the exact figure —99.1%— during the 11th Russia-China Financial Dialogue in Beijing, marking a historic shift in the global financial system.
The figure confirms an accelerated process after the2022 sanctions, when Russian banks were excluded from SWIFT and other international channels. Since then, Moscow and Beijing have built their ownfinancial infrastructurethat now operates on a bilateral scale with almost no reliance on the system controlled by Washington.
Energy, raw materials, machinery, and consumer goods transactions —the core of bilateral trade—are settled directly in rubles or yuan. To support this, the People’s Bank of China activated currency swap agreements with Russia for up to150 billion yuan(about US$20.86 billion), while both countries are linking their interbank payment systems.
Minister Siluanov stressed the need to“create favorable conditions for business”and establish accessible payment mechanisms for citizens and comp…
Do China-Russia trade payment frictions show limits of de-dollarisation?
Do China-Russia trade payment frictions show limits of de-dollarisation?
China and Russia have largely moved away from the US dollar in bilateral trade settlement, with most transactions now settled in their own currencies. Yet cross-border payment bottlenecks persist as Chinese banks carefully manage their exposure to Washington’s sanctions regime, according to a senior Russian banker.
At the heart of the friction is a stark balancing act facing Chinese lenders: how to ease trade with Russia while safeguarding access to the US dollar-based global financial system –...
Do China-Russia trade payment frictions show limits of de-dollarisation?
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1007102/
China and Russia have largely moved away from the US dollar in bilateral trade settlem...
Do China-Russia trade payment frictions show limits of de-dollarisation?
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1007102/
China and Russia have largely moved away from the US dollar in bilateral trade settlement, with most transactions…#uk #news #uknews
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Cross-border payment bottlenecks persist as Chinese banks carefully manage their exposure to Washington’s sanctions regime, according to a senior Russian banker.
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Chinese lenders face a stark balancing act: how to ease trade with Russia while safeguarding access to the US dollar-based global financial system.
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Framing · 4 — loaded language surfaced (spin shown, not adopted)
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“Do China-Russia trade payment frictions show limits of de-dollarisation?”
→ The headline poses a question about the effectiveness of de-dollarisation in China-Russia trade.
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“Do China-Russia trade payment frictions show limits of de-dollarisation?”
→ The headline poses a question about the effectiveness of de-dollarisation in China-Russia trade.
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“carefully manage their exposure to Washington’s sanctions regime”
→ Chinese banks are cautious about their exposure to U.S. sanctions.
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“stark balancing act”
→ Chinese lenders face a difficult trade-off.