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China's Renminbi (RMB) Trade Rule Comes Into Effect

China Daily
China's central bank yesterday released a rule permitting companies in select cities to settle cross-border trades using the yuan, as part of efforts to reduce reliance on the US dollar for international trade. Banks will be able to offer yuan settlement services from now on, PBOC said in a statement on its website. It said tax authorities were working on the specific regulations for rebates. The move, it claimed in the statement, would likely reduce companies' exposure to foreign exchange risks, increase liquidity in foreign trade and cut transaction costs. "Companies in China and neighboring countries are facing relatively huge risks of exchange-rate fluctuations because of big swings in the US dollar, the euro and other major settlement currencies in the wake of the global financial crisis," the central bank said.
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Posted by Editor at July 3, 2009 09:44 AM