RG Not a stock player but the USA has been complaining forever that China under values their yen which unfairly lowers the price of their goods and encourages more joint ventures (the only country in the world that has such a gimmic I believe?) making the stupid short sighted captalists temporarily richer. It's not slave labor, their standard of living is skyrocketing along with their productivity. The price of gasoline and diesel to a substantial degree is effected by how much oil China imports which I heard and saw several times. The amount of production is more important then the price of the yen. Comrade B. In a message dated 2/6/2013 6:02:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, xgeorge@xxxxxxx writes: Yen continues its weakening trend as currency war looms _http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/02/02/2003554003_ (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/02/02/2003554003) Traditional believers in laissez-faire love FREE TRADE which is nothing more than trade as a result of wage-arbitrage. This is not even trade: this is slavery. Currency wars are doomed to failure because you can't compete with goods made by slaves. RG