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US backs off branding China a currency manipulator

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The US Treasury Department stops short of labelling China a "currency manipulator", despite Donald Trump repeatedly accusing Beijing of interfering with the yuan. Also today, France's economy minister is the latest big name to drop out of Saudi Arabia's investment conference over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance. And riders for delivery apps in Argentina join forces to start a new trade union, which would be the first of its kind in Latin America.

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