• Scope for Renmimbi use in global trade significant
  • Onshore/Offshore market segmentation carries risk
  • China shadow banking system needs close monitoring
  • Opening up Renmimbi trade may cause volatility
  • Foreign trade to bolster EUR/CNY trading volume
  • May challenge US dollar as reserve currency one day, on way to becoming a global investment currency
  • China must continue economic reforms

ECB member Yves Mersch dusting down the red carpet for his new Chinese overlords.