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Currency manipulation and why Trump is picking on Brazil and Argentina

  • Written by Farok J. Contractor, Distinguished Professor of Management & Global Business, Rutgers University
Trump says Argentina is intentionally weakening the peso. FJZEA/Shutterstock.com

President Donald Trump slapped new tariffs on Brazil and Argentina after accusing them of manipulating their currencies to boost exports.

It wasn’t the first time Trump has labeled another country a “currency manipulator” for supposedly meddling to...

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