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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has suggested that the U.S. dollar could be losing its status as the world's most important currency. Mr Lavrov said that because the U.S. has imposed economic sanctions on countries like Iran, Turkey and Russia, these countries could start conducting international business in their own national currencies instead of the dollar. In addition, countries that have had trade tariffs imposed on them by the U.S. could also do trade in their own currencies. This could include the global economic superpower China ditching the dollar. China is already setting up trade deals in its own currency. Experts say the U.S. dollar could lose its position as the international reserve currency.
The U.S. dollar replaced the British pound as the international reserve currency in the 1920s. Since then, most international trade has taken place using the dollar. Today, when China buys oil from Iran, it pays in U.S. dollars. This means more U.S. dollars flow out of the U.S. than flow in. The effect of this is the U.S. has a currency deficit as its dollars are in the bank accounts of other countries. Mr Lavrov said: "I'm confident that the grave abuse of the role of the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency will result over time in the weakening and demise of its role." China's currency the yuan is emerging as an alternative trading currency. Africa's most populous nation Nigeria has already started trading using the yuan.
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重点解析
1.Mr Lavrov said that because the U.S. has imposed economic sanctions on countries like Iran, Turkey and Russia.
economic sanction 经济制裁
The UN imposed economic sanction on the country for it violated the international agreement.
这个国家违反了国际协议,所以联合国对它进行经济制裁 。
2.The effect of this is the U.S. has a currency deficit as its dollars are in the bank accounts of other countries.
deficit 赤字
They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
他们已准备好在下一个财政年度削减联邦预算赤字 。
参考翻译
俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫认为美元可能会失去其作为世界最重要货币的地位
二十世纪二十年代,美元取代英镑成为国际储备货币