Donald Trump’s obsession with currency manipulation has reached a new high. The president’s latest tweet on the subject last week suggested the US should “match” what he called a “big currency manipulation game” played by Europe and China. Worryingly, his outburst followed recent moves by US institutions to focus more on currency manipulation. These come on top of Mr Trump’s frequent attacks on the Federal Reserve for keeping interest rates too high, and his nomination of a prominent Fed critic, Judy Shelton, to its board. Using the dollar as a weapon to boost trade will lead to further unwelcome politicisation of trade policy and risk rising retaliation.
唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)对操纵汇率问题的纠结到达了一个新高度。这位美国总统上周就这个问题发布的最新推文说，欧洲与manbetx3.0 在玩一个“大规模汇率操纵游戏”，并建议美国应该“以牙还牙”。令人担忧的是，在他发表这一火爆言论之前，美国机构最近也采取了行动，更多地聚焦于汇率操纵问题。此前，特朗普还频频抨击美联储(Fed)将利率维持在过高水平，并提名一位知名的美联储批评者朱迪•谢尔顿(Judy Shelton)为美联储理事。将美元作为提振贸易的武器，会导致贸易政策进一步政治化，并可能引发越来越激烈的报复。