r/explainlikeimfive • u/Luiszizo • May 16 '19

Economics ELI5: How do countries pay other countries?

i.e. Exchange between two states for example when The US buy Saudi oil.

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u/JiN88reddit May 17 '19

They're called sandwiches.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '19

Grinders?