Brazil-China to Sign $30 Billion Currency Swap Agreement Soon

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Brazil and China will sign an agreement in the coming weeks to swap as much as $30 billion in their two currencies, Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega said.

The currency swap, worth 60 billion reais or 190 billion yuan, will be the first step in a broader agreement with Russia, India and South Africa to allow members of the so-called BRICS group of emerging markets to pool resources to better weather the global financial crisis, Mantega told reporters yesterday in Rio de Janeiro.

The agreement, which was discussed this week by leaders of the BRICS at a Group of 20 summit in Mexico, marks another step in a deepening trade between the world’s two largest emerging markets. China overtook the U.S. in recent years to become Brazil’s biggest trading partner, though Mantega said yesterday that the $76 billion in bilateral commerce last year, 17 percent of Brazil’s total, is just the beginning.

“There’s no limit to how much trade can grow,” Mantega said.

The agreement to swap currencies was reached during a meeting between Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her counterpart, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, visiting Rio for an United Nations environmental conference.

As part of a series of bilateral accords signed yesterday, both governments pledged to boost cooperation and investment in aerospace, beginning with the launch this year of a joint weather satellite. Brazil’s central bank will also increase the amount of information it shares with the China Banking Regulatory Commission to better supervise affiliates of the two nations’ financial institutions.

Mantega said the agreements will help boost the sale of Embraer SA-manufactured jets and other industrial goods so that bilateral trade isn’t dominated by Chinese demand for Brazilian iron ore, soy and other commodities.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-21/brazil-china-to-sign-30-billion-currency-swap-accord-soon-1-.html

IZZA

[Maggie123]

Sounds like China may not "need" us as much as some may think.

They seem to have more interest in trade agreements with other countries and less interest in USD as the current times are showing us.

I really never thought that Wallmart would be enough to keep them afloat, did you?

Sure we owe them a lot, but maybe they figure you can't squeeze blood out of a rock. They will get it back eventually one way or another. Time to move on to the next big importers, the ones with lots of oil.

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Brazil and China will sign an agreement in the coming weeks to swap as much as $30 billion in their two currencies, Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega said.

The currency swap, worth 60 billion reais or 190 billion yuan, will be the first step in a broader agreement with Russia, India and South Africa to allow members of the so-called BRICS group of emerging markets to pool resources to better weather the global financial crisis, Mantega told reporters yesterday in Rio de Janeiro.

The agreement, which was discussed this week by leaders of the BRICS at a Group of 20 summit in Mexico, marks another step in a deepening trade between the world’s two largest emerging markets. China overtook the U.S. in recent years to become Brazil’s biggest trading partner, though Mantega said yesterday that the $76 billion in bilateral commerce last year, 17 percent of Brazil’s total, is just the beginning.

“There’s no limit to how much trade can grow,” Mantega said.

The agreement to swap currencies was reached during a meeting between Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her counterpart, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, visiting Rio for an United Nations environmental conference.

As part of a series of bilateral accords signed yesterday, both governments pledged to boost cooperation and investment in aerospace, beginning with the launch this year of a joint weather satellite. Brazil’s central bank will also increase the amount of information it shares with the China Banking Regulatory Commission to better supervise affiliates of the two nations’ financial institutions.

Mantega said the agreements will help boost the sale of Embraer SA-manufactured jets and other industrial goods so that bilateral trade isn’t dominated by Chinese demand for Brazilian iron ore, soy and other commodities.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-21/brazil-china-to-sign-30-billion-currency-swap-accord-soon-1-.html

IZZA

Is it possible the dollar is dying internationally?

Edited June 22, 2012 by BTSC2000