China's global exports boom amid renewed U.S. trade war
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4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: Trade tensions are flaring as Beijing responds to President Donald Trump’s threats to tack an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods. China has warned of "corresponding measures," though new data shows that China’s exports are booming. So does China still need the U.S.? Then, Nigeria produces nearly 40% of the world's shea nuts, which sustains a multibillion-dollar trade in cosmetics, food, and medicine. But new trade restrictions are being felt throughout the shea nut supply chain.
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| 1:46.8 | China's export surge, despite a drop in U.S. shipments, live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning report from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:48.9 | I'm William Lee Adams. Good morning. |
| 2:00.0 | We start in China, where a war of words over trade continues with the U.S. following President Trump's latest threat to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods. |
| 2:05.6 | Beijing urged the U.S. to correct what it called wrong practices or face corresponding measures. |
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