U.S. Criticizes China\'s Currency Practices\, but Doesn\'t Add Manipulator Designation

U.S. Criticizes China’s Currency Practices, but Doesn’t Add Manipulator Designation

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says China’s practices are a source of ‘particular concern’

The U.S. Treasury again passed up a formal opportunity to designate China a “currency manipulator,” but singled out the nation’s currency practices as a source of “particular concern.”

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin faulted China’s “lack of currency transparency and the recent weakness in its currency,” saying in a statement that this poses “major challenges to achieving fairer and more balance trade, and we will continue to monitor and review China’s currency practices.”

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