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Washington Gets Tough on China over Yuan’s Value

The House Ways and Means Committee today opened the way for retaliation against China over its undervalued currency, the key to a massive trade imbalance that critics say costs the US billions of dollars and millions of jobs.  Greg Ip, author of The Little Book of Economics : How the Economy Works in the Real World, is US Economics editor for…

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

The House Ways and Means Committee today opened the way for retaliation against China over its undervalued currency, the key to a massive trade imbalance that critics say costs the US billions of dollars and millions of jobs. Greg Ip, author of The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World, is US Economics editor for the Economist magazine.

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    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Katie Cooper

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