IMF’s Georgieva Urges World to ‘Be Calm’ Amid US-China Tensions

Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, m speaks during the IMF and World Bank Fall meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Oct. 16. 

Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg

The International Monetary Fund’s chief sent a message to countries to stay calm amid renewed trade tensions between US and China.

“Our message to everybody is: be calm,” said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg Television. “And to China: be careful, do not provoke other countries” in ways where they may see you as a threat.