FX manipulator label to further strain bilateral relations

The US decision to label China a currency manipulator is on shaky economic grounds since, if anything, the renminbi would be even weaker than it is now without policy support. But the move is another escalation in a deteriorating bilateral relationship that looks set to get even worse.

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