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Label China a currency manipulator on day one
Late“[paraphrase] I will direct the Treasury Secretary to label China a currency manipulator on day one.”
- Promised
- , "Contract with the American Voter," Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Stated deadline
- “day one” → October 23, 2016
- Re-promised
- 15 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
Treasury declined to make the designation through 2017, 2018 and most of 2019. It finally labeled China a currency manipulator on August 5, 2019, then reversed the designation on January 13, 2020, ahead of the Phase One signing. PolitiFact rated the promise a compromise.