{"id":7586,"date":"2025-11-04T14:42:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:40:16","slug":"russia-china-trade-almost-100-outside-western-currencies-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/russia-china-trade-almost-100-outside-western-currencies-finance-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-China trade almost 100% outside Western currencies \u2013 finance minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
The shift enables the two countries to avoid the \u201cunfriendly\u201d Western banking system, Anton Siluanov has said<\/strong><\/p>\n Russia and China have essentially eliminated the use of Western currencies in trade, with almost all payments now carried out in rubles and yuan, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov stated on Tuesday.<\/p>\n According to Siluanov, 99.1% of settlements between the two countries now take place in their own currencies. He added that this enables Russia and China to avoid “unfriendly foreign infrastructure”<\/em> linked to the dollar- and euro-based banking systems.<\/p>\n ”Previously, payments were in dollars and euros, with funds passing through Western banks that at some moment could stop these settlements,”<\/em> Siluanov said at the 11th Russian-Chinese Financial Dialogue in Beijing.<\/p>\n This marks an increase from earlier Russian government estimates, which put the share of settlements from 90% to 95%. Siluanov added that the task now is to “lock in the achievement”<\/em> and further expand cooperation.<\/p>\n