Timothy Geithner

CDT Money: Positive Breeze Amid Diplomatic Firestorm

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s arrival in Beijing for a fourth round of Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) with several high-ranking members of the Chinese leadership took...

Reform Targeted as US, China Open Economic Talks

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing by urging China to protect human rights but avoiding direct mention of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who left the U.S....

Chen Guangcheng: “Free Citizen”, Uncertain Future

Hu Jia, an activist who was detained for over 24 hours after meeting with the escaped Chen Guangcheng last week, has said that police admitted during his questioning that Chen and his supporters had done nothing wrong in the...

Geithner in China to Talk Iran, Yuan

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for high level meetings with Chinese leaders to discuss China’s relationship with Iran, the European debt crisis and the valuation of the yuan. From...

Biden Draws China Straw

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will manage the Obama administration’s China policy going forward, according to a senior White House official. From The Atlantic: While the Departments of State and Treasury have held...

US Says China Yuan Undervalued, But Not Manipulated

While the U.S. Treasury Department has ruled that the Chinese government is not manipulating its currency, it still maintains that China must allow its currency to appreciate more quickly. From Reuters: Although the Obama...

Timothy Geithner and Wang Qishan on Charlie Rose

Following this week’s Strategic and Economic Dialogue meetings between Chinese and U.S. officials, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan talked about the current state of U.S.-China...

Geithner Says Strict Policy on Currency Hurts China

At a G20 sponsored international financial conference this week in Nanjing, Timothy Geithner again urged China to reform its currency exchange rates. From the NYTimes: Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner urged China again on...

Geithner Will Travel to China Next Week

It has been announced that Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner will travel to Nanjing next week to attend an international financial conference. From ABC News: The Treasury Department says that Geithner will be in Nanjing,...

China’s Treasury Holdings Rose to Record $1.175 Trillion

According to newly released figures, China has amassed a record amount of US bonds totaling $1.175 trillion.From Bloomberg Businessweek: China, America’s largest creditor, increased its holdings of U.S. debt to a record $1.175...

No Major Breakthroughs as U.S.-China Talks Wind Down

The economic dialogue between U.S. officials, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and their Chinese counterparts has not yielded major results, the Washington Post reports: At...

Geithner Tells China Its Dollar Assets Are Safe (Updated)

The Washington Post reports on Timothy Geithner’s visit to China: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner arrived in China this week seeking to reassure America’s biggest creditor that its hundreds of billions of...

Treasury’s Geithner: Durable Economic Stability

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke to reporters on his way to Beijing on Saturday, the first day of his highly-anticipated first visit to China.  From MarketWatch: “We are seeing more durable stability in the...

Will China Still Bankroll Us?

David Leonhardt writes on Timothy Geithner and U.S.-China economic relations for the New York Times: In the five months since Barack Obama introduced him as the next Treasury secretary, Geithner has already run through what...

U.S. Again Declines to Brand China FX Manipulator

Following earlier controversy over statements made by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, the U.S. Treasury has not labeled China a currency manipulator. From Reuters: The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday declined to...

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