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How Yuan Lending Is Reshaping Emerging Market Trade Finance
Lucas and Luna examine the quiet but significant rise of yuan-denominated trade finance in emerging markets. As China pushes its currency for cross-border settlements, countries from Brazil to Pakistan are issuing yuan bonds and settling commodity deals in renminbi. The hosts break down the latest numbers: yuan trade settlements hit 30 percent of China's total cross-border transactions in 2025, up from 18 percent in 2020. They discuss why the BRICS bloc is accelerating de-dollarization, how the yuan's share of global payments has doubled to nearly 4 percent, and what this means for…
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