After the United States labelled China a currency manipulator last August, veteran banker Chen Yuan warned that the trade war between the two giants was evolving into a financial and currency war. When Washington dropped the designation in January, China heaved a sigh of relief, but the respite was momentary.
The dangers of the money markets being a new front in the US-China contest are rising again.
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