The trend towards new protectionism accelerated last week as the US Congress passed a bill to direct the administration to allow easier action against China and other countries found to ‘manipulate’ their currency.
YET another step towards new trade protectionism was taken in the United States last week when the House of Representatives passed a bill enabling the government to raise tariffs of products from countries deemed to have “fundamentally manipulated” their currencies.
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