Dollar beats euro for first week since mid-June after bullish data - Reuters
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E
* Dollar loses out amid doubts about U.S. economy
* U.S.-China friction does not stop yuan bulls
* Yuan returns to pre-Wuhan lockdown levels
* Euro may gain amid focus on manufacturing data
By Stanley White
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