Russia and China are SERIOUS about getting OFF the US petro-dollar as their currency for global exchange. This is a sign of the times in which other nations are stepping away from the terms of global trade dictated by the USA. Google search the keywords: BRICS Plan B, and discover the large body of news reports in 2014 regarding the continued development of an alternative global currency to replace the US petro-dollar. The nations of the world are on the move… away from trade terms dictated by the US.