Samsung Electronics, China trade deal give boost to South Korea's yuan hub ambitions

Tech giant Samsung Electronics gave a big boost on Wednesday to Seoul's ambitions to become a global hub for the offshore yuan business, saying it was preparing to start trading the Chinese currency directly with the South Korean won. The news came as the South Korean government announced that it hoped to sign a final free trade agreement with China within the first half of the year, in a ...



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