Neither China nor anyone else was found guilty this time. But Treasury officials believe that they must keep up the pressure, lest Congress follow through on threats to punish supposed currency manipulators, derailing the TPP and other trade agreements.
汇率是另一个零和思维盛行的领域。4月9日，美国财政部发布了国会授权的双年报，报告中列出了参与“货币操纵”的国家名单。这一次，中国和其他任何国家都未被认定“有罪”。但财政部官员认为他们必须保持压力，唯恐国会坚持要惩罚被认定实施货币操纵的国家，导致TPP和其他贸易协议破产。