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In shift away from US dollar, Iraq to allow trade with China in yuan

Some countries in the region are increasingly looking away from the dollar.

KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images
This photograph taken on Feb. 9, 2023, shows a Chinese yuan and US dollar banknotes in Moscow. — KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images

The Iraqi Central Bank said on Wednesday that it will conduct trade with China in its currency, the yuan. 

“Financing of foreign trade with China will be organized directly using the Chinese yuan,” the bank said in a statement. 

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