Opponents of name-calling say that labeling Beijing a currency manipulator would probably harden Chinese resistance.

The Bush administration, to its credit, has generally resisted the protectionist rant, most notably by refusing to brand China a "currency manipulator" in an official report to Congress last week.

He planned to formally label China a currency manipulator and take associated counteractions unless that country changed its trade practices.

Huntsman debated Romney's positions on China, saying Romney could incite a trade war for calling China a "currency manipulator".

Brown was the co-author and sponsor of a bill that would officially declare China a currency manipulator and require the Department of Commerce to impose countervailing duties on Chinese imports.

Back in the day, coin-clippers and other currency manipulators used to be hanged, drawn and quartered.

The Treasury is reviewing whether to label China a currency manipulator, which could lead to a series of moves aimed at China's export industries.

However the US once again refrained from labelling China a currency manipulator.

However, the Obama administration decided to postpone the decision to label China a "currency manipulator" until after the G20 summit in South Korea and the United States elections, 2010.

Whereas in the US, presidential candidate Mitt Romney retains his pledge to brand China as a currency manipulator from his first day of office.