China’s exports grew more than expected in August, supported by the global AI build-out, though the surge in overseas shipments could fuel tensions over imbalances with trading partners. China recorded a trade surplus of $805.5 billion in the first eight months of the year. Exports rose 25.0% from a year earlier in August, up from…
BEIJING: China on Wednesday reported a strong export run in 2025 with a record trillion-dollar surplus, as producers braced for three more years of a Trump administration set on slowing the production powerhouse by shifting U.S. orders to other markets. Beijing’s resilience to renewed tariff tensions since President Donald Trump returned to the White House…
TOI correspondent from Washington : Tariffs? What tariffs? In a resounding rebuff to US efforts to corral its manufacturing might and gargantuan growth, China announced a $ 1 trillion trade surplus with the world on Monday, leaving Washington, New Delhi, Brussels among others capitals wringing their hands. It is the first time in human history…
BEIJING: China’s exports topped forecasts in November, buoyed by a boost from a tariff truce with the U.S. even as weak factory activity and vanishing returns from front-loading point to a challenging 2026. Outbound shipments from the world’s second-biggest economy grew 5.9% year-on-year, customs data showed on Monday, reversing from a 1.1% contraction a month…
China’s exports have been keeping the global container market afloat despite its ongoing trade war with the U.S., said ocean carrier giant Maersk. According to Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc, the sourcing superpower’s global export share has increased steadily to about 37 percent this year from 33 percent in 2023, even as its shipments to the…