中国、またはサウジにとって原油取引の人民元決済が有益な取引かどうかはAllah Only Knows

 

     Saudi Arabia Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollars for Chinese Oil Sales

Talks between Riyadh and Beijing have accelerated as the Saudi unhappiness grows with Washington

Saudi Arabia is in active talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in yuan, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would dent the U.S. dollar’s dominance of the global petroleum market and mark another shift by the world’s top crude exporter toward Asia.

The talks with China over yuan-priced oil contracts have been off and on for six years but have accelerated this year as the Saudis have grown increasingly unhappy with decades-old U.S. security commitments to defend the kingdom, the people said.

The Saudis are angry over the U.S.’s lack of support for their intervention in the Yemen civil war, and over the Biden administration’s attempt to strike a deal with Iran over its nuclear program. Saudi officials have said they were shocked by the precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.

China buys more than 25% of the oil that Saudi Arabia exports. If priced in yuan, those sales would boost the standing of China’s currency. The Saudis are also considering including yuan-denominated futures contracts, known as the petroyuan, in the pricing model of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. , known as Aramco.

It would be a profound shift for Saudi Arabia to price even some of its roughly 6.2 million barrels of day of crude exports in anything other than dollars. The majority of global oil sales—around 80%—are done in dollars, and the Saudis have traded oil exclusively in dollars since 1974, in a deal with the Nixon administration that included security guarantees for the kingdom.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-11647351541

まあ中東に米国が防衛を提供する見返りがドル決済だったわけですからコレは当然。

人民元決済になるのなら米国は中東から撤退、サウジは人民軍に守ってもらうか中東が戦場と化すかなわけですよ。はたして中国・サウジにとってコレが有益な取引かどうかはAllah Only Knows.（爆ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ 

まあ中東が二進も三進もいかないシーア派対スンニ派の血みどろの戦場と化したらカネのFlight to QualityといふかFlight to Safetyが起きる先は言わずもがなですけどね。（爆ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ