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US hints at frustration with Chinese monetary policy

New York Times reporter Louise Story breaks down Timothy Geithner’s speech on monetary policy at the Brookings Institution and explains a new House bill that could allow trade sanctions on China based on the artificially low value of the Chinese RMB.

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