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The Star18d
China’s foreign trade up 1.3% in the first quarter
BEIJING: China’s foreign trade recorded steady performances in the first quarter of 2025, with total goods trade volume growing by 1.3% year-on-year to 10.3 trillion yuan (US$1.41 trillion ...
Tariffs plunged Chinese imports to lowest levels since the pandemic
Chinese imports to the U.S. dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic as punishing tariffs began to take hold in March.
Why China is in no rush to seek U.S. trade deal
Chinese customs data, highlighted Monday by Robin Brooks of the Brookings Institution, revealed a significant acceleration of ...
U.S. and China Agree to Temporarily Slash Tariffs in Bid to Defuse Trade War
The White House backed off from the steepest levies, as the costs of an all-out trade war with China threatened global ...
International Monetary Fund5d
China's Foreign Trade Behavior in the 1980's: An Empirical Analysis
Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate This paper studies the behavior of China’s foreign trade in the 1980s.
The Financial Times22d
Trade war hits foreign companies in China with double tariffs
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Foreign manufacturers in China are paying duties of 125 per cent to import components and then 145 per cent ...
Trump says US-China relations 'reset' as markets surge on tariff pause
The 90-day pause is a major de-escalation in the tariff war and comes after talks between both countries in Geneva.