—-this might push down the USD, much better than violence to use financial power

Opinion, reporting by Mathew Carr (CarrZee)

Japan is already doing it! Getting protection simply by using Chinese currency to buy oil! See below.

This is what I asked ChatGPT:

News breaking Friday morning 1am London time:

Guardian snip, above

So …are these “middle powers” about to take a stand and switch to paying in yuan instead of $US?

They should … if possible !

Let’s face facts ….these countries are the pre Brexit EU basically +++ other enlightened nations.

The reason why Iran is letting Japan use the Strait of Hormuz is because it has agreed to pay for the oil in yuan, diminishing the strength of the petrodollar and the US as a reserve currency.

Iran is negotiating the same deal with 8 other countries…$USO $UCO $BNO $XLE pic.twitter.com/WMz1GyMaeG

— Special Situations 🌐 Research Newsletter (Jay) (@SpecialSitsNews) March 21, 2026