
Locking China Out of the Dollar System
Oct 21, 2019 & worries that US President Donald Trump is gearing up to initiate an even more damaging conflict with China.
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Paola Subacchi, Professor of International Economics at the University of London’s Queen Mary Global Policy Institute, is the author of The People’s Money: How China is Building a Global Currency.
Oct 21, 2019 & worries that US President Donald Trump is gearing up to initiate an even more damaging conflict with China.
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