Life exports were strongly up in december for the 1st time in months or oil imports are also on the rise significantly the u. S. Says it will stop labeling china a currency manipulator its a label that has bothered china. Says on actually china has never been a currency manipulator the United States latest conclusion can said to be in line with the facts and in line with the international communitys consensus. A trade deal takes some pressure off china without digging too deep into stick your issues like intellectual property and technological transfers exporters also stand to gain but the broader picture is more complicated u. S. Tariffs will remain in place on 370000000000. 00 worth of chinese imports like steel. And the near term remains money domestic spending on things like cars is down a new survey by reuters predicts 2020 will see the weakest growth in china in 30 years the u. S. And china remain wary of one another both sides have pulled back on agreements in the past trumps re