China-Russia Resources Trade Shifts To Yuan From Dollars

japantimes

China has dramatically increased use of the yuan to buy Russian commodities over the past year, with nearly all of its purchases of oil, coal and some metals from its neighbor now settled in the Chinese currency instead of dollars, said multiple trading executives with direct knowledge of the matter, says an article published on japantimes.

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The switch to yuan to pay for much of a roughly $88 billion commodities trade in the wake of the Ukraine war accelerates...

https://mfame.guru/china-russia-resources-trade-shifts-to-yuan-from-dollars/

GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Tuesday, 6 August 2019)

GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Tuesday, 6 August 2019)

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August 6, 2019

Global markets

Following the negative performance on Wall Street overnight, with US equity indices recording their worst day of the year, Asian stocks extended recent losses on Tuesday after the US Treasury designated China as a “currency manipulator”. Following the PBOC’s move to set the yuan fixing at a firmer-than-expected 6.9683 (vs. market expectations for 6.9871), Asian equity markets pared some losses, while the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/06/global-regional-daily-tuesday-6-august-2019/

Global & Regional Daily (Monday, 5 August 2019)

GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY

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August 5, 2019

Global markets

Asian equity indices suffered their steepest daily drop in 10 months on Monday morning, as concerns escalated about the U.S.-China trade war. Japan’s Nikkei index lost 1.74% of its value ending at 20,720.29 the lowest level since early June. The South Korean’s KOSPI index tumbled by 2.56% at 1946.98, to the lowest level since November 2016. Following US President Trump’s announcement that he will implement new tariffs of 10% on the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/05/global-regional-daily-monday-5-august-2019/

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