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Re:Argentina's New President Wants to Adopt the Dollar as th... by kpw94 on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:22PM (#38350955)
> Euro is far

Technically, from a geography point of view, euro-using countries as official currency are closer than USD: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/outermos...

(I.e. French guiana's currency is the Euro)

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Re:Argentina's New President Wants to Adopt the Dollar as th... by xxs on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:28AM (#38361399)
If we are to go in such technicalities, Ecuador is closer.

The distance - far/close matters when it comes to the trading partners more than anything. The US and Brazil being the biggest ones[0], and the trade is in USD.

[0] https://www.indec.gob.ar/uploads/informesdeprensa/i_argent_0...

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