Contrasting with other GOP contenders, former Utah Governor and Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, Jr. has been striking a much more conciliatory tone when it comes to China’s currency manipulation. He criticized retaliatory measures as “foolhardy” and added:

You don’t want to jeopardize all the many things we’re trying to achieve in what is the most important bilateral relationship in the world by acting in an impetuous unilateral way.