Macroscope | Why China will have a tough time decoupling from the US dollar

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Macroscope | Why China will have a tough time decoupling from the US dollar
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On Balance | Claims US chaos shows China’s superiority ignore mundane reality

Lost in the claims that American exceptionalism is over is the fact Republican phenomenon Marjorie Taylor-Greene and her ilk have no policy orientation other than violent ethno-nationalism and very few Americans want to see such an outcome.

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