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View original tweet on Twitter. Whether it be through legislation such as the much-needed United States Reciprocal Trade Act , putting America on equal footing abroad when it comes to tariffs, or through new monetary policies such as countervailing currency intervention to counteract currency manipulation by competitor nations, the time has come to put politics and precedent aside to win on trade for Americans.
Cheating nations will not change their ways on their own—and, while this may sound like news to the political establishment, Trump and his administration have realized this fact from day one. Whether it be tariffs, non-tariff barriers, currency manipulation or government subsidies, Trump will continue to fight all forms of trade misbehavior that China and other nations have used to take advantage of American consumers for years to deliver on his promise to put America first.
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Most Popular - Easy to read, daily digest of the news from The Hill and around the world. The central bank wants to keep the spread between the onshore and offshore yuan narrow since they are technically the same currency, according to experts. The PBOC also relies on state-owned banks to enter the offshore market and swap dollars for yuan. To prevent the offshore yuan from depreciating too quickly, the Chinese central bank also issues short-term yuan-denominated bills in Hong Kong that essentially mop up liquidity from the market and raise borrowing costs for the yuan, making it more expensive for people to short the renminbi.
If traders are trying to short the yuan, they are predicting its value will weaken against another currency in the future. One way to do that is to borrow in yuan and pay back at a discount as the currency's value drops. The PBOC also said it would help promote the "internationalization" of the currency. The internationalization of a currency refers to its widespread use outside the country where it's issued. China allowed its currency to weaken past a psychologically important level of 7 against the dollar in early August for the first time since the global financial crisis of That prompted the U.
Treasury Department to designate Beijing as a currency manipulator. Following that, the PBOC set the yuan midpoint fix at a level beyond 7 for the first time in 11 years on Aug.
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