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Senate bill would penalize China over yuan

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the Congress on Tuesday threatened Beijing with duties on some of its exports if it fails to revalue its currency, pressuring the Obama administration to label China a currency manipulator. A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate ...

US Senate bill to punish China over currency

AFP Global Edition 7 hours ago

Under election-year pressure over trade-driven jobs, US senators unveiled legislation Tuesday that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency. The legislation, which enjoys support from both sides of the political aisle, would punish currency manipulation ...

US Senate bill would punish China over currency

AFP American Edition 10 hours ago

Under election-year pressure over trade-driven jobs, US senators were to unveil legislation Tuesday that would impose tough new penalties on China if it fails to revalue its currency. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer's legislation, which enjoys support from colleagues of both major US ...

China dismisses US lawmakers on currency

AFP Global Edition 11 hours ago

China on Tuesday dismissed calls from US lawmakers for Beijing to be labelled a currency manipulator, saying the value of the yuan was not to blame for global trade imbalances. The comments echoed those by Premier Wen Jiabao, who said at the ...

Strong yuan calls ignore China stability needs: U.N. agency

Reuters US Online Report Business News 12 hours ago

GENEVA (Reuters) - International calls for China to allow its yuan currency to appreciate take no account of the importance of the country's stability for the region and for the world, a U.N. agency report said on Tuesday. The United Nations Conference ...

China criticizes US pressure over currency

AP News 15 hours ago

China criticizes US pressure over currency, says yuan not to blame for US deficit China on Tuesday rejected U.S. calls to ease currency controls and said criticism would not help efforts to end the global crisis. A Commerce Ministry spokesman repeated Chinese ...

Bank of Japan meet begins, considers fresh steps

AFP Global Edition 19 hours ago

Japan's central bank began a two-day monetary policy meeting Tuesday amid speculation it may announce fresh emergency measures to spur an economic recovery hobbled by deflation and weak demand. The Bank of Japan is widely expected to hold interest rates unchanged at ...

China hits back at US lawmakers on currency

AFP Global Edition 19 hours ago

China on Tuesday dismissed calls from US lawmakers for Beijing to be labelled a currency manipulator, saying the value of the yuan was not to blame for global trade imbalances. The comments echoed those by Premier Wen Jiabao at the weekend, who ...

China denies yuan behind U.S. trade gap

Reuters US Online Report Business News 20 hours ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday shunned mounting U.S. demands for a stronger yuan, saying again that its currency is not the cause of its big trade surplus and vowing to keep the currency stable to shore up exports. Beijing and Washington ...

Euro falls vs dollar on persistent Greek worries

Reuters US Online Report Business News yesterday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro fell against the dollar on Monday, weighed down by a lack of concrete progress on a financial aid package for debt-strapped Greece. Concerns about further tightening by Chinese monetary authorities also stoked worries about a global ...

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