Eurozone's Juncker says to discuss exchange rates with Bush

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

BRUSSELS (AFP) — The head of the bloc of EU nations using the euro single currency, Jean-Claude Juncker, said Monday that he will meet US President George W. Bush on Wednesday to discuss foreign exchange rates.

"I will have a discussion with President Bush in Washington, notably on this matter, on Wednesday evening," ahead of a meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of Seven richest countries in Washington on April 11, he said.

The visit comes amid widespread EU complaints about the weak US dollar.

"I will be in the United States in my capacity of prime minister of Luxembourg," Juncker told members of the European Parliament.

But he added: "Beyond the great strategic questions that lie at the heart of US-Luxembourg relations, we will also discuss,...