‘Why Can’t We Trade In Our Own Currencies?’: Brazil’s Lula Ask

Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, asked, "Why can't we trade in our own currencies?"

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a climate finance summit in Paris | @LulaOfficial Photograph:(Twitter)

The US dollar’s role as world’s primary reserve currency for global trade was challenged at a finance summit in Paris by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended ...

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