US dollar rises on Trump agenda


Exports rise: Buses and excavators wait to be exported at a logistics centre in Lianyungang in east China’s Jiangsu province. China’s total overseas shipments, which have declined in 19 of the past 23 months, increased 0.1 last month from a year earlier as a weaker yuan aided foreign buyers. – AFP

Stong greenback seen buoying China’s exports to the US and widening trade deficit

BEIJING: Donald Trump vowed to get tough with China over trade. The US President-elect’s own economic agenda may add to frustrations as it helps lift the dollar.

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