北京否认为贸易利益操纵货币 (Beijing Denies Manipulating Currency for Trade Benefits)
中国政府说，中国没有为了促进出口贸易而操纵人民币币值，坚称不应把美国与中国的巨大贸易逆差归咎于中国的货币政策。
在中国外交部发言人姜瑜星期二发表上述评论之前，华盛顿最近决定推迟发布有关北京汇率政策的报告。
这份报告可能会将中国列为“汇率操纵国”，这将在双方就广泛问题举行一系列高层会谈之际，使华盛顿与北京的关系紧张。
美国一些制造商和国会议员长期以来指责北京人为地压低人民币币值，从而使中国制造的产品在国际市场上获得不公平的价格优势。
China's government says it does not manipulate the value of its currency to boost trade, and insists Beijing's currency policies are not to blame for the huge U.S. trade deficit with China.
Tuesday's comments from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu followed Washington's recent decision to delay a report on Beijing's currency policies.
That report could have labeled Beijing a "currency manipulator" which would have strained relations between Washington and Beijing just as a series of high-level meetings are scheduled between the two nations on a variety of issues.
Some U.S. manufacturers and members of the U.S. Congress have long accused Beijing of working to keep the value of its currency artificially low, giving Chinese-made products an unfair price advantage on world markets.