Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner went before Congress Thursday to talk about China's currency practices.
Geithner says China has done very little to revalue its currency and intends to take up the issue with the group of 20 nations.
But the current exchange rate is one of the core reasons why so many manufacturers moved their operations to China - it made labor cheap.
Will rising currency and the resulting labor costs compel American companies such as Walmart to leave?
We can't think of anyone better to ask than retail insider Bruce Rockowitz, president of the global trading group Li and Fung.
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