U.S. says China not seeking trade edge with weak yuan

The United States said Friday that China's currency remains "significantly undervalued" but Beijing's policy was not manipulating the yuan to gain an unfair trade advantage.The US Treasury Department said it had concluded that China had not met the standards for manipulation but would continue to closely monitor the pace of appreciation of the yuan, or renminbi.

WASHINGTON -- "The Obama administration may be getting tougher with China on trade on behalf of U.S. producers seeking to reduce foreign competition, but its approach in dealing with Beijing on the thorny currency issue remains patient diplomacy, especially because China's currency policy does generate huge cost advantages for American consumers and businesses purchasing their products.

As mentioned, Mitt Romney released his big economic plan last week.  Let me first say that there is a lot in the dictionary-length manifesto that I like, such as his calls for reducing the corporate income tax rate, passing pending FTAs, and enhancing domestic energy production.  However (and you knew that there was a "however"), as I alluded to last Tuesday, one h

Currency As the New WMD Justin Burkhardt | FXFocus.com

The United States has determined that China is not manipulating the value of its currency, which has been a major complaint by the Obama administration. The Treasury Department said in its twice yearly report to Congress Friday that China has taken a series of steps to liberalize currency controls and peg the value of the yuan to a more market-determined exchange rate. But the report also says the yuan is still significantly undervalued and that the Chinese economy, as well as others in ...

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