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What's wrong with the French

That kind of attitude is why we never get anything done around here!

On April 11, the finance ministers of the United States, Canada, Japan and Europe said they were “concerned” about recent “sharp fluctuations in major currencies,” a statement widely seen as endorsing the possibility of an intervention by the United States Treasury and other finance ministers to prevent a steep drop in the dollar’s value.

Pressed to explain what the statement meant, Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, said “it’s a very touchy issue” but that statement was “like a poem — it speaks for itself.”

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