In this episode, we unpack the growing use of China's renminbi in oil trade with the Gulf Cooperation Council, and explore what it means for broader China-Middle ties and global power.  Guest Salam Alshareef joins host Safa Joudeh to trace growing interregional financial and infrastructural ties centred on Chinese capital and Gulf oil .  What does renminbi-based oil trade mean for U.S. dollar dominance, the Middle East's position in the global order and the architecture of global capitalism?