Russia and China on a common front, a strong message to the US May 8, 2025 Russia-China ties are the most important stabilizing factor on the international stage, Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (8/5/2025) after a three-hour meeting with his…
China: Asks the US for a “soft” dollar exchange rate in return April 24, 2025 The real cause of the US-China trade war is the dollar. Namely, the dollar/renminbi exchange rate. This may seem paradoxical as tariffs have skyrocketed…
Tariffs, the destructive currency war between China and the US and the “strong dollar” December 5, 2024 Beijing has a powerful tool to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened new tariffs on Chinese goods: it could launch a currency war, a…
Currency War: Why It’s Not Time to Short the Yuan? October 24, 2024 As the “Trump trade” returns – again – fueling concerns of new geopolitical turmoil, hedge funds worldwide are scrambling to short the Chinese yuan….
Currency War Intensifies – The Cheap Yuan and Why Secondary Sanctions Scared China – Russia’s Plan B September 12, 2024 The battle that will not decide the outcome of the currency war – Why did China’s banks comply with the sanctions? With the threat…
Russia gets Crypto Exchanges to Trade Digital Yuan – de-Dollarization as Ultimate Goal August 29, 2024 Russia has announced plans to create two state-owned cryptocurrency exchanges aimed at making digital payments for international trade transactions. US sanctions have led Russia…
Why doesn’t President Xi Jinping dare to solve China’s problems by printing money? June 6, 2024 The Chinese government’s 300 billion yuan bank loan to bail out the housing sector is obviously a small amount compared to the amount that…
China cancels US tariffs by devaluing the yuan May 30, 2024 China is actively promoting its plan for de-dollarization, promoting the yuan as the dominant currency in world trade, effectively challenging the long-standing dominance of…
A currency war has been declared between the West and the Global South March 7, 2024 The beginning of the end for the unipolar world that has emerged since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989 may have begun…