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Exclusive: Trump calls Chinese 'grand champions' of currency manipulation
Reuters ^ | Feb 23, 2017

Posted on 02/23/2017 8:51:52 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Exclusive: Trump calls Chinese 'grand champions' of currency manipulation

By Steve Holland and David Lawder | WASHINGTON

President Donald Trump declared China the "grand champions" of currency manipulation on Thursday, just hours after his new Treasury secretary pledged a more methodical approach to analyzing Beijing's foreign exchange practices.

In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Trump said he has not "held back" in his assessment that China manipulates its yuan currency, despite not acting on a campaign promise to declare it a currency manipulator on his first day in office.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; currency; trump

1 posted on 02/23/2017 8:51:52 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Tactics of Totalitarians.


2 posted on 02/23/2017 8:57:34 PM PST by PGalt (HOORAY President Donald J. Trump)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; happygrl; Roy Tucker; ...

P!


3 posted on 02/23/2017 9:02:00 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: PGalt

Actually we are just as if not a larger manipulator of money so on this point he isn’t entirely accurate


4 posted on 02/23/2017 9:28:24 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: Jarhead9297

World’s reserve currency and armed forces to back it up?


5 posted on 02/23/2017 9:51:36 PM PST by PGalt (HOORAY President Donald J. Trump)
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