The Trump administration has struck a conciliatory tone towards China and its currency, reflecting a departure from campaign rhetoric. Photo: Bloomberg The Trump administration has struck a conciliatory tone towards China and its currency, reflecting a departure from campaign rhetoric. Photo: Bloomberg
The Trump administration has struck a conciliatory tone towards China and its currency, reflecting a departure from campaign rhetoric. Photo: Bloomberg
Stephen Vines
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The View by Stephen Vines

Currency wars, the dollar, and Trump’s one-sided extrapolations

‘What all this forex meddling has in common is that it demonstrates the pitfalls of trying to fix wider economic problems by tinkering with currencies’

Stephen Vines
Stephen Vines

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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The Trump administration has struck a conciliatory tone towards China and its currency, reflecting a departure from campaign rhetoric. Photo: Bloomberg The Trump administration has struck a conciliatory tone towards China and its currency, reflecting a departure from campaign rhetoric. Photo: Bloomberg
The Trump administration has struck a conciliatory tone towards China and its currency, reflecting a departure from campaign rhetoric. Photo: Bloomberg
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Stephen Vines

Stephen Vines

Stephen Vines is a Hong Kong based writer and journalist. He has worked in Asia for The Guardian‚ The Daily Telegraph‚ and The Independent‚ and was a consultant editor for The Asia Times.