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Old November 16th, 2007, 10:20 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DBlack View Post
If China switched to the Euro, that would be devastating to the US dollar. The economics is quite simple; as the single currency system grows in cross-country usage/acceptance, so does it's stability, buying power and and value.

It immediately drive down the value of a dollar, thereby increasing the cost of everything we import and export to Euro based economies. And where there's money, there's power.
Possibly, but then again perhaps not. Most countries realize that the US is still the biggest market for their wares at this point in time (yeah, I know China's huge population makes it a viable market in the future but it's not there yet). Euro based countries may want to talk a good game but they don't want to get into any kind of a trade war that could threaten what currently is their bread and butter market.
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