NEW YORK, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Saying the United States would protect its economic interests, President Barack Obama told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday he wanted to see more rapid and significant revaluation of China's yuan currency, a senior U.S. official said.
Jeffrey Bader, the senior National Security Council official for Asia, told reporters that Obama made the comments in candid discussions after Obama and Wen met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
(Reporting by Steve Holland, editing by Doina Chiacu)