☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoBRICS: Nigeria Plans To Sell Oil in Local Currency, Not US Dollarwatcher.guruexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down15
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkBRICS: Nigeria Plans To Sell Oil in Local Currency, Not US Dollarwatcher.guru☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoIt’ll be interesting to see if the US does anything besides throw a tantrum. Just over a decade ago, selling oil in non-US dollars was enough to be declared a brutal dictatorship and be bombed to rubble by NATO.
minus-squarepan_troglodytes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agocould still play out that way - but Nigeria isnt the most stable place, a hard shove or two would easily topple their house of cards
It’ll be interesting to see if the US does anything besides throw a tantrum. Just over a decade ago, selling oil in non-US dollars was enough to be declared a brutal dictatorship and be bombed to rubble by NATO.
could still play out that way - but Nigeria isnt the most stable place, a hard shove or two would easily topple their house of cards