Bolivia Now Trades in China's Yuan Instead of USD (time.com)

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[-] iopq@latte.isnot.coffee 34 points 1 year ago

Between May and July of this year, Bolivia conducted financial operations amounting to 278 million Chinese yuan ($38.7 million), which accounts for 10% of its foreign trade during that period

The post title is misleading

[-] bazookabill@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Intentionally, I guess...

[+] yogthos@lemmy.ml -9 points 1 year ago

You should let the editors at Time know they're being intentionally misleading spreading anti US propaganda. 😂

[-] iopq@latte.isnot.coffee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Currently the title of the post and the article are not the same

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Bolivia Is Now Using China’s Yuan for Trade, Challenging Global Dominance of U.S. Dollar

It's basically the same

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Are you saying the title of the post, aside from being shorter, also has a different meaning from:

Bolivia Is Now Using China’s Yuan for Trade, Challenging Global Dominance of U.S. Dollar

[-] jsveiga@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Well yes.

Your title uses "instead of". "Instead of" means a replacement, not a coexistence, let alone a 10% participation.

The original title doesn't suggest that.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

As the article explains, the purpose of using Yuan is to replace the use of USD:

In Latin America and the Caribbean, the use of the yuan is growing especially “in those countries that are looking to establish stronger ties with China, that view themselves as in some way politically aligned on this particular objective on decreasing their overall reliance on the dollar and on the U.S. in general,” said Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

By saying this challenges the US dollar, it definitely suggests that it's no coexistence.

[-] Krause@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

coexistence

Which is not what is happening since Bolivia is using the Yuan for trades that were previously made in USD.

[-] iopq@latte.isnot.coffee 4 points 1 year ago

Instead of implied like they don't use USD anymore, but it's more like "in addition to using mostly USD still"

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

The article literally says the intent is to replace the dollar.

[-] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe if I do the wrong thing too, this will correct the balance in the universe. You're a visionary OP! My mother lied to me from an early age. Two wrongs actually Do make a right.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Except, it's not wrong. If you bothered to actually read the article, you would see why Time chose the title:

Between May and July of this year, Bolivia conducted financial operations amounting to 278 million Chinese yuan ($38.7 million), which accounts for 10% of its foreign trade during that period, Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro said on Thursday.

“We’re already using the yuan. It’s a reality and a good start,” Montenegro said during a news conference. “Banana, zinc, and wood manufacturing exporters are conducting transactions in yuan, as well as importers of vehicles and capital goods.” These electronic transactions are carried out through the state-owned Banco Unión.