U.S. Treasury drops China currency manipulator label ahead of trade deal signing
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator days before top officials of the world's two largest economies were due to sign a preliminary trade agreement to ease an 18-month tariff war.The widely expected decision came in a long-delayed semi-annual currency report, reversing an unexpected move made last August by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the height of U.S.-China trade tensions. Mnuchin had accused China of..