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US Treasury labels Switzerland, Vietnam as currency manipulators

US Treasury labels Switzerland, Vietnam as currency manipulators

Thailand among countires on ‘monitoring list’

Thailand has been placed on a watch list of countries suspected of manipulating the baht against the greenback by the US Treasury. (Bangkok Post photo)

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new names, including Thailand, to a watch list of countries it suspects of taking measures to devalue their currencies against the dollar.

In what may be one of the final broadsides to international trading partners delivered by the departing administration of US President Donald Trump, the Treasury said that through June 2020 both Switzerland and Vietnam had intervened in currency…

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