ALIADO ABANDONA BARCO: até França exclue dólar do comércio bilateral com China.
E em breve até o aliadíssimo Reino Unido.
(Reuters) - France intends to set up a currency swap line with China to make Paris a major offshore yuantrading hub in Europe, competing against London, the China Daily on Saturday cited Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer as saying. Yuan deposits in Paris amount to 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion), making it the second largest pool for the Chinese currency in Europe after London.
Almost 10 percent of Sino-French trade is settled in yuan, also called the renminbi or RMB, according to French data cited by the official newspaper. "The Bank of France has been working on ways to develop a RMB liquidity safety net in the euro area with due consideration of a supporting currency swap agreement with the People's Bank of China," Noyer told the English-language newspaper. The yuan's internationalization and bilateral financial cooperation could be among the main topics during French President Francois Hollande's visit to China in late April, the paper said.
