Listen to Luke talk with NPR's Adam Davidson about the Treasury Department's report on China.

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It's all about the Mao Tse-tungs.

This morning after our editorial meeting, NPR's International Business and Economics Correspondent, Adam Davidson, left a voicemail that intrigued us. He was doing a report today about the Treasury Department's semi-annual report on whether the Chinese were manipulating their currency. The report basically said that, no, China does not meet the standards of what they would call currency "manipulation." But, what Adam wanted to report was that pretty much every business reporter and economist would like tell you that the report is not quite, well ... true. Of course the Chinese are manipulating their currency. Find out why the United States is unwilling to say that — listen to the podcast.