China uses the yuan as olive branch in trade talks with the US


The appreciation appears to be a deliberate policy choice by Beijing, potentially hinting at its broader strategy in combating Trump’s tariffs. — Reuters

A NOTABLE trend this year has been the often-counterintuitive market reactions to US president Donald Trump’s efforts to upend many long-held economic norms. One of the biggest surprises has been the appreciation of China’s yuan.

The consensus opinion at the start of the year was that Beijing would counter Washington’s punitive tariffs on Chinese imports by depreciating the yuan against the dollar.

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