Editor's Note: This article is part of an ongoing RANE series on the shifting patterns of global trade. The first installment provided a broad overview of the geopolitical and economic implications of these shifts. Other installments have examined trade patterns in the Americas , the Strait of Hormuz , Japan and South Korea , India , Turkey , ASEAN countries , the data flows , Mercosur , maritime chokepoints ( part one and part two ), digital trade and Congo . The first and second parts of our installment on East Africa can be found here and here . Faced with the risk of U.S. financial sanctions, China and some other countries have sought to de-dollarize their international trade.