The numbers aren't looking good for China.

Hello, this is the Marketplace Morning Report,

and we're live from the BBC World Service.

I'm Leanna Byrne.

Fresh data out from the world's second-largest economy

shows that its exports are slowing

and imports have shrunk, the BBC's Marikooi,

has been taking a look at this for us.

Hi, Mariko.

Hello.

So how much of this can be put down to Trump's tariffs and how much of it can be put down to

China's economy in general?

Well, firstly, in terms of the tariffs, we're talking about the data from the months of January

and February. So some of those new tariffs were kicking in, but not the latest one that

we've been talking about this week. And, you know, exports not growing as much as economists had

expected, which is quite worrying because with the tariffs, these numbers could actually get

worse. As for imports, economists expected imports to rise by about

1%. They fell by almost like 8.5%. So I was looking at what they were buying less of, and we're

talking about things like crude oil and natural gas, other commodities like copper and iron ore.

I think it comes down to demand slowing down in

the world's second biggest economy. The Chinese government has set this ambitious 5% GDP growth

target for 2025. So if that's the case, how realistic is that goal? Yeah, that's the big question,

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