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Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by dave4420 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:11PM (#43425926)
I suspect many countries would prefer a Chinese reserve currency to a European one, due to past bad experiences of being ruled by Europeans.

But even on a purely economic level… does the Eurozone even have a larger economy than China?

I can see countries moving away from USD, but I don’t see them coalescing around a single alternative.

Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by magneticstain on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:15PM (#43425994)
I would suspect that some countries would definitely go to China due to the more sizable economy. But a large number of others - especially those with more democratic idealogies - would go with the Euro.
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by psychlops on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:53PM (#43426541)
China would absolutely not want to have a reserve currency. Their export economy would be destroyed overnight.
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by kube-system on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:56PM (#43426593)
Doesn't China currently address this by having two currencies, with one dedicated to offshore use?
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by ianburrell on Thursday March 20, 2025 @03:05PM (#43427561)
China only has one currency, the renminbi or yuan. There are capital controls so it isn't fully traded on international markets. It has only been internationally traded since 2015, and I think there were various schemes before that.
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by kube-system on Thursday March 20, 2025 @03:34PM (#43427861)
Aren't CNY and CNH effectively two different currencies, despite having the same name and being somewhat linked?
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by ianburrell on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:00PM (#43428168)
I hadn't noticed that. I guess that is how they manage the capital controls. It sounds like they are supposed to be the same internally but that there is a spread. That seems like it could be a weakness.
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by psychlops on Thursday March 20, 2025 @02:08PM (#43426767)
Perhaps? I can't imagine that either could take the loss of production capacity the way the US has. The global inflation of product prices alone is staggering to consider.
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by malcolmgreaves on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:34PM (#43426253)
The RMB is a terrible reserve currency since the CCP can just arbitrarily change its value by decree.
Re:Canada considering charging for road access from USA to A... by dave4420 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:47PM (#43426452)
Sure — but if the CCP decided it wanted the benefits of owning a reserve currency, it could change that. Then suddenly it looks more attractive.