The UAE and India are in talks to use rupees to trade non-oil commodities in shift away from US dollar, report says

The UAE and India are in talks to use rupees to trade non-oil commodities in shift away from US dollar, report says

The UAE and India are in early talks to conduct non-oil trade in rupees, according to Reuters.

The move would signal a shift away from the US dollar, which dominates global commodities trade.

Both countries signed a free trade agreement last year with a goal of increasing non-oil transactions to $100 billion by 2027.

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The United Arab Emirates and India are in early talks to conduct non-oil trade in rupees, according to a report from Reuters.

The move would build on an agreement signed in 2022, which aimed to increase trade excluding oil between the two countries to $100 billion by 2027.

Trading in India's currency would also signal a stark move away from the US dollar, which dominates global commodities markets as well as trade for countries along the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia's finance minister also this week expressed openness to trade in non-dollar currencies.

India and China are among the largest trade partners of Gulf Arab oil and gas producers, which largely peg their currencies to the dollar.

China has also weighed settling non-oil trade in local currencies that exclude the dollar,