Russia and China to reduce use of US dollar in trade
https://www.dw.com/en/russia-and-chi...ade/a-45450054
Juncker vows to turn euro into reserve currency to rival US dollar
Plan comes amid international concern over Trump’s use of dollar as sanctions weapon
https://www.ft.com/content/7358f396-...3-ccd7de085ffe
Russia kicks off massive war games, hosts Putin-Xi meeting
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/asia/...ntl/index.html
1 CHINA $23,160,000,000,000 2017 EST.
2 EUROPEAN UNION $20,850,000,000,000 2017 EST.
3 UNITED STATES $19,390,000,000,000 2017 EST.
4 INDIA $9,459,000,000,000 2017 EST.
5 JAPAN $5,429,000,000,000 2017 EST.
6 GERMANY $4,171,000,000,000 2017 EST.
7 RUSSIA $4,008,000,000,000 2017 EST.
8 INDONESIA $3,243,000,000,000 2017 EST.
9 BRAZIL $3,240,000,000,000 2017 EST.
10 UNITED KINGDOM $2,914,000,000,000 2017 EST.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...01rank.html#rs