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Trump: China won't be labeled a currency manipulator

April 12, 2017 at 3:54 PM
President Trump said on Wednesday that his administration will not label China a currency manipulator in a Treasury Department report due out this week. “They’re not currency manipulators,” Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal , adding that giving China the label now could hurt cooperation on efforts to contain North Korea. Trump had pledged to label China a manipulator on day one of his presidency, but after taking office he deferred to the Treasury Department,...

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