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What Happens to Global Trade If ‘the W.T.O. Is Toast’?

President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s.

Where China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou

Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.

China Is at Heart of Trump Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

Existing American tariffs already restrict steel and aluminum shipments from China, which is now flooding other markets with its exports instead.

How US Tariffs Challenge China

China chose swift retaliation for trade measures in the first Trump administration, but that led to an upward spiral of trade measures and much broader...

China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports

Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade...

China’s $1 Trillion Trade Surplus: What to Know as Trump Takes Office

Only a third of China’s trade surplus was with the United States, and only a third of the U.S. deficit was with China. That makes...

China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion

China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars.

China’s Central Bank Stops Buying Bonds as Deflation Fears Grip Economy

The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real...

R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador, Says China Is Aligned With ‘Agents of Disorder’

R. Nicholas Burns, the top U.S. diplomat in Beijing, says the Biden administration is making a final push to urge China to reconsider its tilt...

G.M. Led in China for Years. Here’s How It Ended Up 16th in Sales.

General Motors has gone from market leader to also-ran in the world’s largest car market, stymied by its own missteps and Chinese policies that favored...