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    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      LexWise
      Wise: maverick fintech hero heads for zero fees Premium content

      Investors are buying into a story of disruptive and rapid revenue growth

    • Monday, 19 July, 2021
      US resolves currency dispute with Vietnam

      Biden administration deal removes an irritant in relations between the two countries

    • Friday, 16 April, 2021
      US stops short of labelling Taiwan a currency manipulator

      Treasury also removes designations on Vietnam and Switzerland imposed in December

    • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
      Taiwan dollar drops with US set to apply currency manipulator tag

      Biden administration expected to add country to name-and-shame list despite strengthening ties

    • Friday, 22 January, 2021
      Renminbi
      China’s currency heads into Biden era on front foot

      Renminbi’s future strength depends on cooling of US trade tensions and health of dollar

    • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
      US declares Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators

      Treasury move in final days of Trump administration will present dilemma for new president

    • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
      Melvyn Krauss
      Change intra-EU trade to counter US currency aggression

      There is a way to protect the bloc from beggar-my-neighbour policies

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      Trade Secrets
      US probe into Vietnamese currency masks Trump’s real trade target Premium content

      Move appears to be attack on companies that insist on using low-cost Asian labour and manufacturing

    • Saturday, 3 October, 2020
      US launches currency manipulation inquiry against Vietnam

      Probe could result in tariffs being imposed on imports from Asian country

    • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
      ETF HubMansoor Mohi-uddin
      Renminbi strength foretells dollar’s decline

      Sharp rebound in China’s currency a clear warning the greenback is likely to weaken

    • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
      News in-depthEM Squared
      Asian states avoid currency manipulator tag after odd timing of US Treasury report Premium content

      Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan cleared despite credible evidence to the contrary

    • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
      US-China trade dispute
      US lifts China ‘currency manipulator’ tag ahead of trade deal

      Reversal of Trump’s controversial move last year ends major source of irritation for Beijing

    • Monday, 30 December, 2019
      News in-depthMarkets
      Aftershocks and fragility: 10 years in financial markets

      How the crisis of 2008 continued to reverberate through the following decade

    • Monday, 23 December, 2019
      News in-depthMarkets
      The big market moments of 2019

      The year was dominated by central bankers, politicians and companies with grand ideas

    • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
      FT SeriesEurope First: the race to compete
      Europe First: taking on the dominance of the US dollar

      EU leaders believe the euro needs to play a larger role in order to compete against the US and China

    • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
      Markets InsightSteve Johnson
      The IMF supertanker may be changing course

      Policymakers seem to be warming to capital controls to avoid stagnation spreading

    • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
      Megan Greene
      This is a currency war Donald Trump was never going to win

      The US cannot unilaterally weaken the dollar

    • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
      Liu Guoqiang
      Currency manipulation charges against China are unfounded

      Trade tensions with the US have inevitably put the renminbi under pressure

    • Monday, 12 August, 2019
      FT Swamp Notes
      Summer of fear

      The fallout from the US-China trade war could lead to an economic chill

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      FT CollectionsUS-China trade dispute
      Threat of a currency war

      China lets renminbi slide below Rmb7 to $1 and is called a currency manipulator by US

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      James Ferguson
      James Ferguson’s illustration of the week: Currency wars

      Renminbi’s fall stokes US ire

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      Eswar Prasad
      There will be no winners in a currency war   

      Devaluation may seem tempting, but it helps neither China nor the US 

    • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
      Capital markets
      Investors dump risky assets as trade war flares

      Junk bond and equity funds have suffered their biggest outflows of the year

    • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
      China’s economy faces currency devaluation drag

      Political choices about value of renminbi tempered by consequences for growth

    • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
      Unhedged
      Awaiting the next move Premium content

      Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

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