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America classifies China as a currency manipulator for the first time in decades

6th August 2019

US Treasury Secretary Stephen Menuchin said in a statement that the US government has decided to consider China manipulative in its currency and will engage with the International Monetary Fund to eliminate unfair competition by Beijing

The move has further aggravated the already tense relations between the two countries and is in fulfillment of President Donald Trump's pledge to label China as a currency manipulator for the first time since 1994

The US move comes after China allowed its yuan to drop below seven against the dollar on Monday for the first time in more than a decade. Beijing later said it would stop buying US farm produce, a major escalation in a nearly year-old trade war with the United States

The sharp 1.4 percent drop in the yuan came days after Trump abruptly imposed a 10 percent tariff on imports from China worth $ 300 billion on Thursday, triggering a shock to financial markets after a brief truce in their trade war

The news pushed the dollar sharply lower while supporting gold

The US Treasury said a statement by the People's Bank of China on Monday made it clear that Chinese authorities exercised extensive control over the yuan's exchange rate

The People's Bank of China said it would "continue to take necessary and targeted measures against (herd behavior) that may occur in the foreign exchange market

"This is an explicit acknowledgment by the People's Bank of China that he has extensive experience in currency manipulation and that he is still prepared to do so continuously," the US Treasury said

China had violated an obligation to refrain from devaluing for the purpose of influencing competition within the G20

Once a country has been classified as a currency manipulator, the Treasury is obliged to call for private talks to correct undervalued currency, including sanctions

The ministry designated Taiwan and South Korea as currency manipulators in 1988, the year Congress passed the Currency Review Act. China was the last country to be further classified in 1994 LINK

Senior US official: Trump is still looking for a deal with China

2019/8/18 18:11

Trump has kept the doors open for changes to new tariffs he plans to impose on Chinese goods if talks go well with China, top White House adviser Larry Kudlow said. "Trump is still planning to host the Chinese delegation in September to continue the talks," Kudlo said during an interview with CNBC. "Trump wants to make a deal with China,"he said, adding that it should be "correct."

The US official stressed that Washington is not currently considering any steps to respond to China's devaluation of the yuan to support its exports. The comments came after trade tensions between Beijing and Washington intensified in recent days, after Trump announced a plan to impose 10 percent new tariffs on Chinese goods worth $ 300 billion.

China met the Trump Declaration with a strong response and said it would stop importing agricultural products from the United States. The yuan was also down against the dollar on Monday to an 11-year low as a retaliatory measure, despite China's central bank's denial. LINK

The World Bank Representative visits the headquarters of the Association of Iraqi Private Banks in Kurdistan

6th August, 2019

The representative of the World Bank, the legal expert Ghar Al-Qastalani, who isresponsible for the economic empowerment program for women in Iraq, visited the headquarters of the Association of Iraqi Private Banks in Erbil

She also attended the Supreme Council for Women's Affairs in Kurdistan and Omar Wadee, a member of the Board of Directors of Al Mahatta Foundation for Entrepreneurship

The two sides discussed ways of cooperation between the World Bank and the Association of Iraqi Private Banks to achieve the objectives of this program, which is to increase the percentage of women's labor force by 5 percentage points by 2024

Cooperation between the Association, the Government of the Territory and the World Bank will be carried out on the implementation of certain activities related to women's economic empowerment

Prof. Wadih al-Handal confirmed that one of the priorities of the Association's work with the strategic partner of the Central Bank of Iraq is the empowerment of women through the Community Initiatives Fund "Tamkeen" financed by private banks and exchange companies

He stressed the need for coordination between the team of the World Bank and the World Bank to conduct workshops and seminars and training courses aimed at creating employment opportunities and awareness of the public and private sectors

Ms. Gram praised the role of the Association and the main sponsor of the Central Bank of Iraq through initiatives and programs to serve the banking sector and the possibility of launching a lending initiative aimed at women and work on a joint partnership between the World Bank and the Association of Banks for future work LINK

Source: Dinar Recaps
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