G-7 Steps Up Pressure On China on Currency
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Leaders of major industrialized nations yesterday called on China to let its currency appreciate rapidly, arguing that its current system of manipulating the value of its currency is causing distortions in the world economy.
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China made its debut last night in the club of the world's leading economic powers, as international pressure mounts to change a decade-old currency peg that critics accuse of giving Chinese products an unfair competitive edge.
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China came under renewed pressure Saturday from the Group of Seven to make its yuan more flexible, while Japan emerged from the meeting without a public scolding, despite criticism beforehand that its weakened ...Comment
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French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde  said on Tuesday that G7 countries had asked China to accelerate  the appreciation of the yuan, and said markets were beginning  to hear the U.S. message on the strong dollar.
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U.S. lawmakers stepped up pressure on China to boost the value of its currency as high-level talks aimed at persuading the country to quicken economic reforms moved toward a conclusion on Friday.
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A high-powered group of U.S. officials led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pressed China over its currency and trade policies Thursday while Chinese officials stressed changes were being made over the long term.
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The Group of Seven industrial nations called on oil-producing states to provide ``adequate supplies&#39;&#39; and Asian nations to loosen currency pegs to help sustain the strongest world expansion in three decades.
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Finance chiefs from the biggest developing economies on Saturday pushed the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations for a seat at the high table of global economic policy making.
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The Group of Seven industrialized nations invited top Chinese economic officials to a dinner last Friday. It was about time that China was invited to a G-7 meeting.
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Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers will be joined by representatives from China for the first time at the G7 October 1 meeting in Washington, a US official said.
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The Bush administration lobbied Chinese economic officials on Thursday to overhaul a currency regime that American manufacturers contend gives China a huge competitive advantage.
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ESSEN, Germany  - The G7 industrial powers were set to repeat appeals for flexible exchange rates and warn again against currency volatility but stop short of singling out the sliding yen for overt criticism at a meeting on Saturday.
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There is likely to be strong U.S. pressure on much of Asia next year, not just China, to allow a major depreciation of the dollar.
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European leaders say Asian states must do more to absorb the fall of the dollar, warning that the euro has risen far enough.
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Canadian officials played down on Wednesday the amount of pressure China will be under to loosen its grip on the yuan when it meets Group of Seven finance ministers late this week.
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China's trade surplus rose a bigger-than-estimated 73 percent in May from a year earlier, increasing pressure on the government to allow faster currency gains.
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The Group of Seven rich nations took   aim at China on Saturday, urging Beijing to let its currency   rise faster to ease imbalances in trade and capital flows that   pose one of the biggest risks to global growth.