Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Treasury secretary in Washington. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts
Steven Mnuchin testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Treasury secretary in Washington. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

The US Treasury would recommend China be considered a currency manipulator if Beijing began unfairly managing the yuan’s value, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Treasury department, Steven Mnuchin, said on Thursday.

Asked in a US Senate hearing if he would recommend Trump formally designate China a currency manipulator if it started manipulating its currency again, Mnuchin said: “I would.”