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U.S. tariffs fail to dent China's trade surplus

Marketplace All-in-One

Marketplace

News, Business

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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From the BBC World Service: The latest economic data from China shows that while exports to the U.S. crashed over the past year, China's towering annual trade surplus surpassed $1 trillion for the first time last month. The data reveals what economists and Chinese officials have said for a while now: Chinese manufacturers can find other buyers. Then, lawmakers in France's divided parliament have been at odds for weeks over the country's budget.

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China exports fewer goods to the U.S., but more than ever to the rest of the world.

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Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

0:40.4

I'm William Lee Adams.

0:41.7

Good morning.

0:42.9

The latest economic data from China shows that while exports to the U.S. have crashed

0:47.2

in the last 12 months, its overall level of exports has gone up.

0:51.4

That says Chinese manufacturers have found alternative markets.

0:55.5

Let's find out more from the BBC's Nick Marsh. Hi, Nick. Hello, William. So Nick, you've been keeping tabs on the latest

1:01.7

trade data out of China. What's it tell us? Well, this data focuses on goods specifically, and it shows

1:10.2

that between January and November this year, China exported

1:14.5

a trillion dollars worth more goods to the rest of the world than it imported. And if you look at

1:20.9

November specifically, exports rose there 6% compared to the year before.

1:33.3

Interestingly, if you look at how much China is selling to the United States, well, in November, there was a drop of 29%.

1:37.4

So nearly a third less that China is selling to the US compared to the same time last year.

1:43.8

And it's interesting because, you know, we talk so much about the trade war with the US

1:48.3

and the tariffs and so on.

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