繼特朗普的制裁和關稅風暴之後，更多國家拋棄美元
Following Trump Sanctions and Tariff Storm More Nations Ditch the Dollar
Following Trump Sanctions and Tariff Storm More Nations Ditch the Dollar
面對美國武器化美元，轉往國家貨幣以解決雙邊貿易協議的國家數量正在增加。
The number of countries switching to national currencies to settle bilateral trade deals is growing in the face of the US weaponization of the dollar.
The number of countries switching to national currencies to settle bilateral trade deals is growing in the face of the US weaponization of the dollar.
August 15, 2018
When US President Donald Trump re-imposed sanctions on Iran last week, he warned that any company doing deals with the Iranians in dollars would also be subject to sanctions.
Several Russian companies are also under US sanctions, while Trump’s tweet last week doubling tariffs on imports of Turkish steel has caused Turkey’s currency to crash more than 20 percent against the US dollar.
On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu said they backed using national currencies, not the US dollar, in bilateral trade.
Lavrov told a joint news conference with Cavusoglu in Ankara that identical processes have been happening in trade with Iran.
“Not only with Turkey and Iran, we’re also arranging and already implementing payments in national currencies with the People’s Republic of China,” he said.
Iran and Turkey are already using national currencies following an agreement last October, with a similar arrangement also in place between Iran and India.
Lavrov echoed statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he was confident “the grave abuse of the role of the US dollar as a global reserve currency will result over time in the weakening and demise of its role.”
There have already been settlements in national currencies between Russia and the BRICS – the bloc that also includes Brazil, India, China and South Africa.
Elsewhere across the world, Nigeria has introduced China’s yuan as an alternative trading currency to the US dollar.
First auction of yuan in Nigeria
Last month, Nigeria’s central bank sold yuan at its first auction of the Chinese currency, two months after it agreed a $2.5 billion swap with Beijing.
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