China Given Direct Access To Buy US Debt

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China.org.cn, May 22, 2012

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China can now bypass Wall Street when buying U.S. government debt and go straight to the U.S. Treasury,
Reuters reported Monday, according to documents that it viewed.

China was given a computer link to the U.S. Treasury Department's auction system for purchases of U.S.
government debt.

The agreement is the U.S. Treasury's first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government, said Reuters.

China can buy debt without bidding through primary dealers, but has to go through the market to sell debt,
Reuters reported.

The change was not announced publicly or in any message to primary dealers.
 
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