For at least a decade, Congress has been focusing on currency manipulation – a charge leveled at countries that purportedly intervene in foreign-exchange markets in order to suppress their currencies’ value, thereby subsidizing exports. In 2005, Senators Charles Schumer, a liberal Democrat from New York, and Lindsey Graham, a conservative Republican from South Carolina, formed an unlikely alliance to defend beleaguered middle-class US workers from supposedly unfair competitive practices.
至少十年来，国会一直关注货币操纵——指控一些国家刻意干预外汇市场以抑制本币价值，从而补贴出口。2005年，纽约州自由派民主党参议员查尔斯·舒默（Charles Schumer）和南加州保守派共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（Lindsey Graham）组成了一个不可能的联盟，捍卫身陷重围的美国工人免受不公平的竞争手段的影响。他们指出，停止货币操纵能让美国巨大的贸易赤字减小——给困难重重的工人带来持续的真正福利。