24 April 2009

Wille's Hat trick letter ~ Chinese Diversification Strategy

In a series of maneuvers, Chinese officials have revealed their strategy implementation in a very broad set of steps. Beijing leaders plan to establish the yuan currency as a global reserve currency. The process will be made more complete after issuance of a large volume of Chinese Govt debt securities, soon in coming. The number of policy actions is impressive. While the USGovt is busy stepping backwards with FASB rules enabling false bank accounting, gearing up Treasury programs to direct colossal elite welfare / confiscation to failed banks responsible for the crisis, covering up Wall Street fraud and regulatory lapses and debt rating agency collusion, and ordering pork like the $9 billion high speed train from Disneyland to Las Vegas, the Chinese are making important meaningful critical strides. Within a year, the Chinese will have established the yuan currency as a legitimate alternative to the USDollar for global trade, and later to some extent for global banking. The Chinese Govt has ordered monetary policy changes that have boosted their money supply by 25.5% over the last twelve months, with a giant stimulus program and relaxed bank credit rules. Since new maneuvers are being funded by incremental new surplus funds, they are exhibiting their financial power without upsetting their vast reserves accounts. The lost in the USCongress might talk about ‘Pay-Go’ measures to pay for programs as we go forward, but China does it in actual terms.

The Chinese are finally deploying alternative strategic plans in heavy volume, in open defiance, and even finger wagging at USGovt leaders. From their perspective, Beijing suspects that the US Federal Reserve is engineering a covert default on America’s debt by printing money on a vast scale. The Beijing leaders have reacted in a very noticeable profound comprehensive manner that has taken many analysts and observers off guard.

In my view, the Chinese will successfully serve as the spearhead for dethroning the USDollar from its primary global reserve currency position, called by me the catbird seat. The US has become a horrible steward, in recent years promoting massive syndicates that finally are being recognized. Both Bob Moriarity and Gary Dorsch have put forth articles in the last couple weeks pointing out Financial Coup d’Etat events and forces that reveal Obama in service to his Wall Street masters. The Wall Street Journal and London-based journals also have begun to cite endorsed and covered-up failure. This is unprecedented in journalism. After the Chinese spearhead does its work, the new partially gold-backed currencies can more easily be launched. One might say that Beijing leaders and their cast of economist and banking leaders are tilling the soil for planting the new currencies. At one time, my perception was that the yuan would follow the new hard asset launched currencies, linking to them with basket weightings. Now it is quite clear that China will lead and others will follow, benefiting from the heavy spadework, after dealing with geopolitical headwinds and interference.

SPECIFIC CHINESE STEPS TOWARD GLOBAL POSITION

The April Hat Trick Letter report for Gold & Currencies has been posted. Here are some outlined details on the important maneuvers recently made by China. They appear to be positioning themselves both to establish the yuan across the world and to fortify reserves with hard assets. Their steps are broad and effective upon examination. Their initiatives display coordination, planning, and research. Next they must deal with political backlash, unintended consequences, internal social problems, and hidden retaliation that will not be discussed (much precedent).

Since last December, China has signed deals with six countries, including Indonesia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Belarus, and most recently Argentina, for currency swaps that would inject Chinese money into foreign banking systems. That would allow foreign companies to pay for goods they import from China in yuan, bypassing the USDollar. This is an international settlement function.

Beijing is taking initiatives to use the yuan to settle trade accounts between some Chinese provinces and neighboring states, starting with Hong Kong. Shanghai and the four cities Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan and Zhuhai have been designated to use the yuan in overseas trade settlements, ordered by a State Council under the auspices of Premier Wen Jiabao. This Pearl River Delta region is the location of the biggest concentration of export oriented factories. The motive is to reduce the risk from exchange rate fluctuations, and to encourage their overseas trade in decline.

Chinese officials have called attention to the risks of an international monetary system that relies on the USDollar, seen as increasingly unstable and subject to further indirect devaluation. A broad campaign has been underway for a couple months that seems coordinated, with participation by many bank and economic leaders.

A plan to set up a $10 billion cooperation fund to support infrastructure projects in countries in the Assn of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been hatched. The plan was announced earlier this month by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. The ASEAN member countries are Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The fund could morph into a regional development fund.

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