As US Demands Yuan Stability In Trade Talks, Let’s Go Insane Again

Back in August, about a week prior to what would ultimately end up being fruitless negotiations in Washington, several media outlets reported that Steve Mnuchin's Treasury was looking to pressure Beijing into deliberately strengthening the yuan which, at the time, had been falling precipitously amid the burgeoning Sino-US trade "dispute" (that was back when you weren't supposed to call it a "war"). Here's what we said about that in an August 17 post: Trying to process the kind of narcissistic

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2 thoughts on “As US Demands Yuan Stability In Trade Talks, Let’s Go Insane Again

  1. Good article, with interesting implications.

    However, I’m having a hard time focusing on tariffs, etc. The BBC reports that Trump has been working towards selling several nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. Holy hell! If that isn’t the worst idea that Trump has come up with, I’d like to hear what is! Will the next 911 include a dirty bomb?

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