International Law

Treasury Secretary Paulson: China is Not a Currency Manipulator

Riddle me this, Caped Crusader:

What American official puts pressure on the yuan by not putting pressure on the yuan? This just in:

"What we've said before in the report ... is if we were to designate China as a manipulator, the remedy would be to negotiate with China directly and through multilateral bodies including the IMF, which is exactly what we've been doing for some time," Paulson said. "We've been making the case as strongly as we know how."

In other words, the U.S. Treasury Secretary will not officially label China as a currency manipulator, but will continue to act as if it had. One supposes that this is how the old China hands in the US administration believe it has to be done -- avoid public shaming, put forth rosy statements, fight the good fight in private. And yet, where are the results? Can any be expected, except marginally, when change would directly harm China's interest?

Full post as published by Asia Business Intelligence on December 19, 2007 (boomark / email).