The president-elect wrote that the coalition of non-Western countries “should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy” if it backs a currency other than the U.S. dollar.
Russia wouldn’t really matter in the equation. China, Brazil, Mexico, Canada would be the main players. They don’t like each other, and have some serious diplomatic issues of their own, but could easily agree to stand together in self interest. Pulling in any other major US trading partners would also help all of them.
What the US wants and what’s good for other countries are not the same things.
But I am European, anything that breaches sanctions against putins russia isn’t good for me either.
Russia wouldn’t really matter in the equation. China, Brazil, Mexico, Canada would be the main players. They don’t like each other, and have some serious diplomatic issues of their own, but could easily agree to stand together in self interest. Pulling in any other major US trading partners would also help all of them.