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August 17, 2007 | Why Dump Dollars When You Can Own the US?

Louis G. Schirano: The US Congress reacted to the wrong Chinese threat: Sovereign Wealth Funds pose a far greater danger than devalued currencies. The West must pay attention to the leverage that China, Russia and others are building up.

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April 25, 2012 | Yuan Not to Blame!

America’s trade deficit with China mounted to a hefty US$295 billion in 2011. ++ China has been accused for allegedly manipulating its currency, thereby driving the US trade deficit. ++ In reality, however, China’s trade surpluses can be explained by an increase in Chinese household savings rates, an East Asian production sharing network revolving around China, and an increase in US

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December 19, 2011 | 2012: An Economic Apocalypse?

The economic outlook for 2012 is clear: everyone is in trouble. ++ The Eurozone is certain to recede further, which will also put pressure on the economic downturn in the US; the UK is majorly exposed. ++ China’s model is stalling, and its refusal to let the Yuan appreciate could trigger one of several trade wars. ++ Weak governments and popular unrest have made it difficult for countries

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December 21, 2007 | Still No Progress in Sino-American Trade Talks

The Economist reports that the Sino-American trade talks have achieved very little, despite US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s impressive links with China.
Thus, the economic meetings, dubbed “Strategic Dialogue,” although producing very little of either, failed to meet their initial goal, namely to progress towards stronger economic ties.
The biggest, and seemingly irreconcilable,

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August 14, 2007 | China Threatens to Sell Dollars if US Pressure Does Not Abate

If the US continues pressing China to float its currency, Beijing will start selling its dollar reserves, warns Ambrose Evans Pritchard of the Telegraph . Although Chinese officials assert that “China does not want any undesirable phenomenon in the global financial order”, such action could trigger a dollar crash as well as a spike in US bond yields. The combined

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