{"id":517677,"date":"2010-04-06T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T12:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2010\/04\/playing-safe-on-chinas-currency\/38523\/"},"modified":"2010-04-06T08:08:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T12:08:30","slug":"playing-safe-on-chinas-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/517677","title":{"rendered":"Playing Safe on China&#8217;s Currency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Postponing the ruling on whether China is a &#8220;currency manipulator&#8221;, which had been due on April 15th, makes sense. China&#8217;s currency policy is misguided, and it does hurt the US. But a mechanical ratcheting up of pressure to deploy trade sanctions is unlikely to solve the problem. This path is also very risky&#8211;and not just so far as economic policy is concerned. In this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/4217f762-400d-11df-8d23-00144feabdc0.html\">new column for the Financial Times<\/a> I argue for a safer and, I think, more productive approach. <\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:2cff980918eb8e5acd143c64bb8e1c28:lMeaN9SdPVcOUxTfv3GJWYF0Su5NTsf%2BQS2ZAVlbXeaLhxRSPcTFdp8nfbGioEiZnHlVnSvs1H%2FQ'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/emailthis.png'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:740d4e6eb94d241fbed104cb8c767c03:DPz1fq%2F5cfWg0m9%2BtHDPYnZNtjW6zcmcjERDqTtl4vvxG22X7tjMw1bm32ZtM019S%2BU%2BZUNFIE5V'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/digg.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:a81723c3d8243443bba1965766e52d73:sgOq2B1DqC%2BqKPwkpuQ7noPRopO3fFXooZhPjaracATzQvas8iGTUmaP93JKuZm6oETqV7xdhi%2BL'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/reddit.png'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:ad28a216836964d3d59a41dee08c8915:HLx%2FVPfAiFBuZOtC33Xiw%2FzkPZ6qQForF8JdCNG18jxslsXgbFLFfIqOczCJ0vS4AtymUccwkSM9qA%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Twitter' alt='Add to Twitter' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/twitter.png'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:a90a6c384849a350a5c7708d272902b4:gn%2FShk01SPQbllhCoy4oJpeGUQnBOdna9p9%2FuAGzlti44Mx8yZ%2FDph3anbUHNUdSFbLlRVESrtmN'><img border='0' title='Add to del.icio.us' alt='Add to del.icio.us' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/delicious.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:6388cb57e3875427ce15e1a1134ca173:jDWdGQbbFJK1038h3L3KNacchgcSEV9ZtIIdUkXTUUB5KIyH%2BoyAe08obojSDmjNgTz%2BLJTMhx1USA%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/stumbleit.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n  <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http:\/\/www.pheedcontent.com\/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:4e209409a08641324de1e54562737e55:B2VRAEyLWDY7RUMOKD6NidJLKHDP272fOxRKx3Z3jjGrWIzam9g7Z%2BBZkjLhfkDbo2fhCDw9o%2FwHpQ%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http:\/\/images.pheedo.com\/images\/mm\/facebook.gif'\/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=8ca80eb34a81df186cff02c6bab06eaa&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=8ca80eb34a81df186cff02c6bab06eaa&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- foo --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/AtlanticBusinessChannel\/~4\/i3xJXHveptA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postponing the ruling on whether China is a &#8220;currency manipulator&#8221;, which had been due on April 15th, makes sense. 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