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US-China working groups on economy, finance meet as future in doubt under Donald Trump

Cs news5 hours ago02 mins

The US and China held what could be their last working-group meetings on economics and finance, a month before Donald Trump’s return to the White House amid an anticipated revival of the two superpowers’ trade war. The US Treasury on Monday announced that senior officials from Washington and Beijing discussed economic and financial issues in…

IMF ‘too polite’ on China policies, financing assurances, US Treasury official says

Cs news3 months ago04 mins

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund is “too polite” when it comes to criticizing China’s economic policies and should more fully disclose financing assurances given by China and some other countries to support IMF loan programs, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday. Brent Neiman, the Treasury’s deputy undersecretary for…