China will start swaps and forwards between the yuan and the national currencies of Russia, Malaysia and New Zealand on December 29, the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) reported Friday.<\/p>\n
Earlier in December, China\u2019s Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng claimed that China could increase the usage of yuan in trade with Russia amid the ruble\u2019s depreciation, which falls in line with China\u2019s intention to increase the usage of national currencies in international payments in order to weaken the US dollar\u2019s dominance in global finance and promote the yuan as an alternative.<\/p>\n
In October, the Russian Central Bank and the People\u2019s Bank of China reached a three-year agreement on currency swaps worth 150 billion yuan (over $24 billion).<\/p>\n
Both the Russian and the Chinese leaders have repeatedly praised the decision, saying it would bring positive effects for the countries\u2019 economies and currencies.<\/p>\n
The main benefits of mutual payments in national currencies are the absence of charges for the conversion of the currencies, direct payments and higher transparency in relations between the banks.<\/p>\n
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