Logo 11 Oct 2017

China wants RMB-denominated oil markets

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As the biggest global trader, China wants more goods and services to be bench-marked off its own currency.
There would be no bigger boon than a CNY-denominated oil contract, which is what China is increasingly pushing for (Nikkei):

“China is expected shortly to launch a crude oil futures ...