One way of looking at China’s trade economy in December and for the full 2025 year is its export surge, amplified by a weak currency, deflation at home, and inflation…
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The Trillion-Dollar Surplus
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The Chinese export juggernaut finally started to show the impact of protectionism and…
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Shake-up in Global Steel
The world of steel trade is in for a…
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The conversation about global trade often leaves out the world’s fourth biggest economy…
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Global…
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In the somewhat gloomy December and annual China trade statistics released in the…
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Trade scholars in a recent paper used Trade Data Monitor data on steel…