U.S. spares China from currency manipulator label
By Bloomberg
02 June 2019 |
2:37 pm
The Treasury Department again refrained from labeling China a currency manipulator, while it expanded the number of countries it scrutinizes for currency manipulation to 21 from 12; Ireland, Italy, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia joined the watch list. Greg Sullivan reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."
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