China’s Yuan Push Fails to Challenge Dollar Dominance, Analysts Say
China's aggressive promotion of the yuan for bilateral trade has made little dent in the dollar's global supremacy. The yuan accounts for just 3% of global reserves, compared to the dollar's 57.8% share, according to IMF data. This push gained momentum after Russia's Ukraine invasion, but analysts remain skeptical of its long-term impact.
Zongyuan Zoe Liu of the Council on Foreign Relations bluntly stated China lacks the capacity to dethrone the dollar. Internationalizing a currency requires meeting stringent parameters - including global trust - which the yuan currently fails to satisfy. Western nations particularly view the currency warily, seeing its adoption as potentially bolstering China's economic influence.