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China December exports down as trade tensions with US loom

For the full year, overseas shipments are 7.7% lower at US$2.1 trillion; trade surplus comes to US$510 billion

Published Fri, Jan 13, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    Beijing

    CHINA exports in December have fallen amid tepid global growth and threats of a trade war with the United States, China's biggest export market.

    Overseas shipments dropped 6.1 per cent from a year earlier in US dollar terms. For the full year, exports fell 7.7 per cent to US$2.1 trillion.

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