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West could cut U.S. dollar access for Russian companies, UK's Johnson says

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain would cut off Russian companies' access to U.S. dollars and British pounds if the Kremlin orders an invasion of Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday.

Hasn't Russia de-dollarized 90% of its international trade and financing already? I thought that's why Russia consistently remained among the top 3 buyers of gold to build up reserves all these years. Smart move. The world needs a second and a third option.

So you really believe everyone wants to replace the dollar with the yuan?

The only reason anyone in their right mind would want the yuan is if they didn't have access to the dollar, not because yuan is considered better and safer than the dollar. At the same time, the Americans are not daft enough to go around denying everyone access to the dollar.

Adopting yuan for anything is like a last resort, out of desperation.

Creating multiple baskets of foreign exchanges proportionate to trade relations is the key. Having just one currency is a big risk. For example, Russia's arms trade with us has been in a Ruble-Rupee format; almost all trade with China is based on Ruble-Yuan, and with the EU it is in Euros, that the EU states themselves agreed to provide (they would freeze if they did not).

Given that Russia maintains multiple currency reserves, they may be marginally affected but will continue trading in barter.
 
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So you really believe everyone wants to replace the dollar with the yuan?

The only reason anyone in their right mind would want the yuan is if they didn't have access to the dollar, not because yuan is considered better and safer than the dollar. At the same time, the Americans are not daft enough to go around denying everyone access to the dollar.

Adopting yuan for anything is like a last resort, out of desperation.
Lol.. another frog in the well. China is world factory. Next time, China come out with law that only Chinese goods can be purchased with yuan.

Before u talk shxt about made in China. Go ahead and buy a western washing machine or western made smartphone.. your Inflation rate will surely hit 300-400%. You think everybody is a bill gate and can afford expensive made in western products?
 
It is only a matter of time

It is only a matter of time, in about 30 years' time young people will see the most colossal and deadly empire ever seen on the face of the earth, the Anglo-imperium 2.0 (1945-2049), dissolve like sugar in water

And Washington will be the capital of a very large and very important Latin American country
 
Lol.. another frog in the well. China is world factory. Next time, China come out with law that only Chinese goods can be purchased with yuan.
Nobody has stopped China from making that law.

It's like saying, Botswana makes a law that says all Botswana goods must be purchased in Pula.
 
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