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US Treasury labels Switzerland, Vietnam as currency manipulators

US Treasury building is seen in Washington, September 29, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo

The US Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new names 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 markets to prevent effective balance of payments adjustments.

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