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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti |Ralph Jennings
Garment manufacturers across China and Vietnam breathed a small sigh of relief on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump told reporters that the United States was “not looking to make sneakers and T-shirts”. But few plan to change their plans based on the president’s comments. After weeks of wild swings in US tariff policies, they have learned that Trump could soon change his tune once again.
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4 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti |Luna Sun
China’s exports rose in April, signalling resilience in the face of US “reciprocal” tariffs unveiled last month. China’s April exports grew by 8.1 per cent year on year to US$315.69 billion, customs data showed on Friday. The figure beat market expectations of a 1.9 per cent increase in a poll of economists by Reuters, and followed a 12.4 per cent rise in March. Imports, meanwhile, fell by 0.2 per cent year on year, compared with a 4.3 per cent contraction in March.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti
Beijing aims to help its vast export sector ride out the trade war by working with firms to expand their domestic sales.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti |Orange Wang |Sylvia Ma
China has reported a 4 per cent growth in consumption in the first two months of 2025, a modest increase that keeps the pressure on policymakers as China strives to achieve its ambitious annual economic growth target of “around 5 per cent”. The 4 per cent jump in retail sales for January and February, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, was up from the 3.7 per cent growth recorded in December and below the 4.5 per cent forecast by Chinese financial data provider Wind.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti
The president tells Jiangsu deputies that the powerhouse province should lead the way in future industries and regional cooperation.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Ralph Jennings |Mia Nulimaimaiti
US President Donald Trump’s elimination of a long-standing tariff exemption that benefited China’s cross-border e-commerce giants will hurt American consumers – especially those on low incomes – more than the companies themselves, analysts said. The “de minimis” exemption that allowed packages worth less than US$800 to enter the United States duty-free was removed as part of an executive order signed by Trump on February 1 raising tariffs on Chinese goods by 10 per cent.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti |Ralph Jennings
China represents a major economic challenge for Europe this year as the country has the European Union market in its sights amid industrial-overcapacity issues at home and an economic-growth slowdown, panellists said at a German think tank event on Wednesday.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti
For the first time, China has released a plan to allow the use of public data for labelling as the nation aims to empower its fast-growing digital economy and facilitate artificial intelligence (AI) development amid an intensifying international rivalry.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
scmp.com | Mia Nulimaimaiti |Dewey Sim
Buttressed by robust export figures, China’s trade surplus in 2024 broke records - however, the imminent second term of US President-elect Donald Trump is likely to make similar levels of trade growth a challenge in 2025. The country’s yuan-denominated merchandise exports grew 7.1 per cent to a record high of 25.45 trillion yuan in 2024, maintaining growth for eight consecutive years according to customs data released on Monday, one week before Trump takes office.
