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[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-17/india-indonesia-plan-local-currency-trade-fast-payments-links https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/india-ties-uae-settle-trade-114534898.html https://archive.is/K279M https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/07/iran-says-us-dollar-officially-ditched-trade-ally-russia https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-brazil-argentinas-currency-union-really-means-2023-01-23/ https://en.mercopress.com/2023/07/04/argentina-insists-on-local-currency-agreements-within-mercosur https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/bangladesh-diversifies-trade-currency-transactions-begin-rupee-663326

Indonesia, UAE, Argentina, Brazil, Iran, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc. While these countries are not actively 100% ditching the dollar right now the simple fact that they are starting to use alternatives speaks of a trend. And we still need to wait for the BRICS to release their plans on their currency, after which the process will accelerate more. It is not only 3 countries, and it is, in my opinion, not so important how much economic power they have, but rather that the strength of the dollar lies in its universal use.