- European importers currently pay for oil in dollars, but energy trading in more than one currency used to be commonplace, according to Bruegel’s Elina Ribakova.
- She argues that a return to the days of multiple trading currencies could yield multiple benefits — and please Russia, which naturally would like to “de-dollarise” trade.
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