<div id="readability-page-1">Financial power gap: Sharma notes China’s yuan accounts for just 2% of global reserves despite its large share of global GDP and trade. Currency outlook: HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs raised yuan forecasts, citing export strength and improved U.S.-China trade relations. Structural barriers: Capital controls and limited market openness hinder yuan internationalization, keeping China behind in financial clout.</div>

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<p>Sharma highlights that China's yuan constitutes only 2% of global reserves, despite its significant GDP and trade share. HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs have raised yuan forecasts due to strong exports and better U.S.-China trade relations. However, capital controls and limited market openness are structural barriers that impede the yuan's internationalization, leaving China as an 'incomplete superpower' in financial terms.</p>

- The article discusses the financial power gap where China's yuan represents only 2% of global reserves despite its significant GDP and trade share.  
- It highlights that HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs have raised yuan forecasts due to strong exports and better U.S.-China trade relations.  
- Structural barriers like capital controls and limited market openness are noted as obstacles to the yuan's internationalization, restricting China's financial influence.

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Sharma says China remains 'incomplete superpower' despite gains