Members of Congress say they will work to ensure a crucial Pacific trade deal contains a provision stemming currency manipulation by foreign member countries.
A bank
clerk handles Japanese yen among stacks of Chinese Yuan. Proposed
legislation would require the Department of Commerce to investigate
countries that deflate the value of their currency to make sending goods
to the U.S. cheaper.
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British chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne holds up the red
despatch box containing his pre-election budgetas he departs number 11
Downing Street, Westminster. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

















Euro
zone factory activity grew slightly last month as companies kept
cutting prices, but a weakened currency did little to help drive new
orders from abroad.
Irish
manufacturing activity expanded at the slowest pace in eight months in
January, according to the Investec Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’
Index. Photo: Alan Betson/ The Irish Times
“The
key reason for the upward revisions to our forecasts is Ireland’s
export performance,” says to a Davy report. Photograph: Bryan
O’Brien/The Irish Times
Raymond
Codd of Codd Mushrooms: the mushroom industry is worth more than €112
million and now employs more than 3,200 people in Ireland