[dennisw]

The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse ........

This still has not come to pass

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[Froufrou]

Aug. 15, 1971 - He claims that’s the day we taxed the rest of the world.

The Bourse may not have happened, but all the earmarks of strategy have, particularly where China and Russia are involved. I don’t get the Japan thing though; I thought their yen was pretty soft, too.