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US Treasury decides China isn't playing with its currency

Beijing's yuan-buying and hopes for help with North Korea mean no action for now

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Treasury Department has decided not to label China a currency manipulator in a report published Friday on the foreign exchange policies of America's key trading partners, backing away from President Donald Trump's campaign promise to do so.

The move was apparently taken out of consideration for China, which the U.S. hopes will help rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

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