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mrtksntoday at 3:10 PM3 repliesview on HN

what’s stopping China from dropping currency controls in a ab afternoon? It’s not like this is some force of nature.


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curuinortoday at 3:13 PM

It's like 6-7 CNY to USD right now. If that goes to 1 or 2 (if the CNY rises dramatically in price wrt the USD), then everything imported from China to the US explodes in price. Explosion in price, the imports reduce dramatically. So Chinese exports, which comprise like a quarter of their GDP, implode.

Danoxtoday at 6:22 PM

You’re getting it confused China doesn’t have to do anything just sit back with a bag of popcorn and watch the United States put on a show.

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chiitoday at 3:51 PM

china won't want to drop the advantages of being able to have such tight control over the flow of yuan.

Maintaining control over capital flight from china, for example.

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