Asia Daily Briefing - Crossing the line August 5, 2019

	China's yuan breaches  7 to dollar to weakest  in decade amid trade spat TOKYO/HONG KONG --  The Chinese currency on  Monday breached the politically sensitive level of 7 yuan to the  dollar, its weakest in more  than a decade, amid mounting  anxiety over worsening  trade tensions.
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