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Sean Ho on Grim truths Obama should have told Hu
It is common wisdom nowadays that a change in China’s foreign exchange policies provides the key to rectify global imbalances and President Obama should have no problems in sharing this common fact with his chinese hosts earlier this week. However, his economic advisors could have pointed to the fact that the incredible accumulation of foreign reserves is mirrored by printing an equivalent amount of Chinese renminbi.
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