<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-currency-manipulation-north-korea-2017-4" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-currency-manipulation-north-korea-2017-4</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Trump says China stopped manipulating their currency after he called them on it<o:p class=""></o:p></h1><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/sonam-sheth" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Sonam Sheth</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">23h<o:p class=""></o:p></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">During the <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interview-full-transcript-face-the-nation/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">first interview</a> after reaching the 100-day milestone of his presidency, Donald Trump said he believed that he was the one who got China to stop manipulating its currency. <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Speaking to CBS' John Dickerson on "Face the Nation," Trump said that China stopped manipulating its currency as soon as he came into office. <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">"When they talk about currency manipulation, and I did say I would call China, if they were, a currency manipulator, early in my tenure," Trump said. "And then I get there. Number one, they — as soon as I got elected, they stopped. They're not — it's not going down anymore, their currency." <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Dickerson briefly interrupted to fact-check Trump, saying, "But that had been true before. That had been true ... during the campaign, sir." <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">"No, not true to the extent that we're talking about," Trump replied. "Much more important than that, as to when, but, you know, it did stop. And I was talking about it all during the campaign."<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">He added: "And I would say that I was the one that got them to stop. But forget that."<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">When Dickerson sought to clarify Trump's response, asking him if he meant that he was the one who got China to stop manipulating its currency, Trump said, "I think so." <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">While China has a history of pushing down its currency to drive up its exports, it hasn't done so in years. In fact, over the last few years, China has been <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/fact-check-china-manipulate-currency/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">propping up the yuan</a>, not depressing it. <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Trump also reiterated another key talking point he's made since tensions with North Korea have ratcheted up: labeling China a currency manipulator now may detract from the greater objective of cooperating with China to address the threat of North Korea.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">"Can you imagine if I say [to China], 'Hey, by the way, how are you doing with North Korea? Also, we're going to announce that you're a currency manipulator tomorrow,'" Trump told Dickerson. "So the mainstream media never talks about that. They never say that. And that's, you know, unfortunate."</p></body></html>