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Andrew stair, president and ceo of world institution involved with the paris climate agreement. thank you, sir, for joining us. does the u.s. risk relinquishing the role as a leader and do you see danger in that? >> yes, it does, and, yes, i do. the united states has been a remarkable leader over eight years together with china, actually. we have a historic deal. we wouldnt have had it without that. and without american leadership, we will be in a much worse state than we were and the united sta...

They stop suppressing the value of their currency to have an export advantage over us. they tend to let the thing float after we nudge them about that. >> more than nudge, right? theres been a lot of talk about chinese currency manipulation. >> at least in the economic arena, and i agree with howard, there are more issues in play here, but the kind of behind the scenes diplomatic associations have been more effective. that said, what i see going on here is up a notch than i think anybody expecte...

as search and rescue attempts continue, the focus moves 0en to who is to blame for the sinking of a giant ocean liner off the italian coast. and well tell you which production houses is big at the golden globes and what these awards tell us about the upcoming oscar ceremonies. first up, though, if the new year promised a new europe, well, some people could be disappointed. standard & poors last week had other ideas completely. to nobodys great surprise, this particular influential ...

Continues to manipulate its currency to keep its currency low to give it an export advantage and to some in the united states that means its cost american jobs. good news on the one hand but interpreted very differently depending on where you are in the world. andrew? >> certainly findication china will change that stance on its foreign currency policy. speaking of the problems the chinese are facing with the rising food prices, what sort of coverage did president hu get? is this getting huge pr...

Today. theyre angry over what they see is chinas deliberate policy of undervaluing its currency which they believe is taking away american jobs. cnns stan grant joins me from beijing to talk a little bit more about today. stan, president hu has been called a dictator, a gangster. congress is not happy and currency is their top problem today, right? >> reporter: yes. the niceties are out of the way, arent they, now down tat bare knuckles if you like. currency is number one. this has been somethin...