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Tag: petro-yuan

Posted inChina

China pushes ahead with making yuan a global currency

by Lee Shin-hyung December 19, 2019February 18, 2020

Beijing’s bold steps to globalize the yuan, such as its launch of yuan-denominated crude oil futures and its highly anticipated issuance of a digital currency, are in the limelight. But experts say that China has a long way to go to achieve its ambition to make the yuan a key global currency For a decade, China has […]

Posted inAT Finance, Bahrain, China, European Union, France, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

How Trump is about to send world oil prices soaring even higher

by Vijay Prashad July 19, 2018
Burning the US flag. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, China, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

America’s self-defeating quest for global supremacy

by Ken Moak July 10, 2018July 10, 2018
A man stands at an oil terminal at Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates.Photo: Karim Sahib / AFP
Posted inChina, European Union, Germany, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Oil and gas geopolitics: no shelter from the storm

by Pepe Escobar May 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: Reuters/Thomas White
Posted inBeijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, World

Growing bloc aims to dethrone US dollar

by Asia Times staff April 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee
Posted inBeijing, China, Russia, World

China to start paying for oil in yuan as early as this year: report

by Asia Times staff March 31, 2018February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump holds an arms-sales chart with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan
Posted inAfghanistan, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

MBS feted in the US despite war atrocities in Yemen

by Pepe Escobar March 30, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo illustration: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, World

China taking the long road to solve the petro-yuan puzzle

by Pepe Escobar March 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: Reuters/Petar Kujundzic
Posted inBeijing, China, Middle East, Russia, World

China’s launch of ‘Petro-yuan’ will be ‘wake up call’

by Asia Unhedged October 27, 2017February 18, 2020

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