# U.S. keeps S. Korea on list of countries to monitor for currency practices | Yonhap News Agency

> The US Treasury kept South Korea on its currency monitoring list in its semiannual report, which also named ten other countries including China, Japan and Germany. Ireland and Mexico were newly added, while Vietnam and Switzerland were removed from the manipulator list.

- Date: 2021-04-16 · published 2021-04-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47835-u-s-keeps-s-korea-on-list-of-countries-to-monitor-for-currency-practices-yonhap
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

Currency monitoring designations have little direct effect on feed commodity supply or demand, though US-China and trade tensions can affect export flows.

## Sources

- en.yna.co.kr: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210416011400315

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