China-Saudi Sign $7bn Currency Swap Deal in Fresh Hit to Dollar
(www.asiafinancial.com)
from kashara@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 2023 03:14
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from kashara@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 02 Dec 2023 03:14
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7b is nothing in international relations terms. However, it is an interesting article. I was more interested in what the other 20% of Saudi exports to China are, that isn’t crude oil!
oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/chn/…/sau
Next largest seem to be chemicals, possibly a byproduct of petroleum industry?
Unless they managed to sell them on the benefits of camel urine, that’s the most likely.
This is a serious dramatization of what is not actually a zero-sum game
Exactly the kind of headline I’d expect from asiafinancial.com though
AsiaFinancial needs to stop editorializing titles. It’s a bad look from a site that’s too lazy to do proper journalism or in-depth analysis.
Think of all the honey you could buy with that!