According to the US President, the Chinese are an official currency manipulator. Given that they have never relaxed their exchange controls, one must regard Trump's statement as rhetoric or ignorance. One hopes it is the former.
Sino-US relations have now moved into a new phase; however, on August 5th, after another round of abortive trade discussions, the US Treasury officially designated China a currency manipulator too. This was the first such outburst from the US Treasury in 25 years. One has to question its motivation, as recently as last year the PBoC was intervening to