Number: RL33322
Title: China, the United States and the IMF: Negotiating Exchange Rate Adjustment
Authors: Jonathan E. Sanford, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: Many in the United States believe that the large volume of Chinese exports to the United States is damaging the U.S. manufacturing sector and feeding the U.S. trade deficit. They believe that the undervalued yuan is an important reason why China is able to price its goods so competitively and why production in many areas is shifting to China. Other analysts believe that - by virtue of its undervalued currency - China is damaging the world trading system and denying export opportunities to other countries whose currencies are more fairly priced. Congress is considering legislation which would place countervailing duties or special tariffs on Chinese goods entering the U.S. in order to offset the trade benefits China presumably gains from its present exchange rate policies.
Pages: 52
Date: July 19, 2006