Brazil to Propose Dropping Dollar in China Trade, Caijing Says

[Enivid]

Brazil and China should conduct bilateral trade using their own currencies rather than the dollar, the Caijing magazine reported today, citing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in an interview.

The two nations should give greater value to the Chinese and Brazilian currencies, Silva will propose to China’s President Hu Jintao on a trip to the Asian country this month, according to a transcript of the interview published in the Beijing-based business magazine.

“We don’t need dollars,” Silva said. “It’s crazy that the dollar is the reference, and that you give a single country the power to print that currency.”

From Bloomberg News.

[FXexpert]

I understand their point here, why use the USD if it is neither countries currency ??