Patricia and Christian talk to economist and author Dr Dirk Ehnts about central banking, international trade, China's new digital currency and the upcoming International European MMT conference in Berlin.

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"China not to replace dollar with digital yuan" (Gulf Times): https://www.gulf-times.com/story/689415/China-not-to-replace-dollar-with-digital-yuan-PBoC

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