Three Shanghai companies used the yuan to settle cross-border trade deals for the first time Monday, a step toward promoting broader use of the Chinese currency internationally and, over time, reducing China’s dependence on the dollar.<\/p>\n
Bank of China Ltd. settled a trading deal by a unit of Shanghai Electric Group, a manufacturer of mechanical and electrical equipment. Bank of Communications Ltd. settled trades by Shanghai Silk Group Co., a textiles exporter, and by a Shanghai-based trading house whose English name wasn’t available.<\/p>\n
Chinese officials have said the yuan-based trade experiment is aimed at helping companies reduce the risks of exchange-rate fluctuations, which have led to significant losses at some exporters recently amid global financial-market turbulence. Officials also have in recent months voiced concerns about China’s dependence on the dollar, which is used for most cross-border deals and which comprises the majority of China’s roughly $2 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Wall Street Journal: Three Shanghai companies used the yuan to settle cross-border trade deals for the first time Monday, a step toward promoting broader use of the Chinese currency internationally and, over time, reducing China’s dependence on the dollar. Bank of China Ltd. settled a trading deal by a unit of Shanghai Electric Group, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,2],"tags":[565,442],"class_list":["post-41801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-economy","tag-currency","tag-renminbi","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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