Thursday 26 October 2017

Towards the end of the petrodollar - and American hegemony


China's launch of 'petro-yuan' in two months sounds death knell for dollar's dominance


China's launch of 'petro-yuan' in two months sounds death knell for dollar's dominance

RT,
25 October, 2017


One of the world’s top energy importers, China, is set to roll out a yuan-denominated oil contract as early as this year. Analysts call the plan, announced by Beijing in September, a huge move against the dollar's global dominance.

The so-called petro-yuan is a “wake up call” for investors who haven’t paid attention to the Chinese plans, according to the head of Graticule Asset Management Asia Adam Levinson, as quoted by Bloomberg.

Petrodollar demise?  move oil trade away from US dollar – Jim Rogers https://on.rt.com/8nbd 

Petrodollar end looming as China & allies dump it in oil trading - Jim Rogers — RT Business

Beijing has announced plans to start a crude oil futures contract priced in yuan and convertible into gold. The step might lead to the emergence of a new Asia-based crude oil benchmark to compete...

Earlier this year, the Chinese government announced plans to start a crude oil futures contract priced in yuan and convertible into gold. The contract will enable the country's trading partners to pay with gold or to convert yuan into gold without the necessity to keep money in Chinese assets or turn it into US dollars.

The new benchmark will reportedly allow exporters, such as Russia, Iran or Venezuela to avoid US sanctions by trading oil in yuan.

Venezuela ditches dollar for oil payments to dodge US penaltieshttps://on.rt.com/8n6l 

Venezuela ditches dollar for oil payments to dodge US penalties — RT Business

Caracas has ordered oil traders to convert crude oil contracts into euro and not to pay or be paid in US dollars anymore, according to sources close to the matter as quoted by WSJ. The measure is...

The analyst said the new contract would be able to serve as a hedging tool for Chinese corporations, as well as support the government’s broader plans to extend the use of the national currency in trade settlement.

According to Levinson, Chinese companies might grow into anchor investors in Saudi Arabia’s initial public offering of its national oil giant, Saudi Aramco.





#China could shatter petrodollar by compelling #SaudiArabia to trade oil in 
At the same time, some analysts are skeptical of China’s ambitious plan to create its own benchmark.

Game changer it is not — at least not yet. But it is another indicator of the beginning of the glacial, and I emphasize the word glacial, decline of the dollar,” said Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, as quoted by CNBC.


The end of US dollar hegemony has been a consistent message from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia shares the BRICS countries’ concerns over the unfairness of the global financial and economic architecture, which does not give due regard to the growing weight of the emerging economies. We are ready to work together with our partners to promote international financial regulatory reforms and to overcome the excessive domination of the limited number of reserve currencies,” Putin said two months ago during the BRICs summit in Xiamen.



America’s cold war on China is no longer just a trade war – it is a war forthe Dollar and Federal Reserve

The US provokes China with demoralised sailors, all in the name of the US Dollar, while at the same time, attempting to restrict China’s organically expanding geo-political influence.


On path to de-dollarization: World tired of funding US military adventurism – Max Keiser



One of the world’s top energy importers, China, is set to roll out a yuan-denominated oil contract as early as this year. Analysts call the plan, announced by Beijing in September, a huge move against the dollar's global dominance.


Gerald Celente -October 23, 2017- US Stock Market Collapse, China, Russia and India are Buying Gold



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