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Welcome to the Views Room, a weekly podcast from Reuters Breaking Views. I'm Jennifer Sabah.

And I'm Anthony Curry.

In this edition, we will drill down on some ugly trade and consumer data numbers coming from China. We'll explore what role

farmers play in India's forthcoming general election for prime minister. And finally, we'll discuss

the gloomy conditions afflicting automakers. But first, we're going to hand the program off

to our Breaking Views colleagues Pete Sweeney and Chris Bador in Hong Kong, who will then pass the

baton onto Clara Fiera Marquez and Yuna Galani. Chinese trade data is out for December. It's looking

ugly. exports came down by 4.4%. Imports came down by 7.6%. Both surprised

analysts on the downside. It adds to concerns that Chinese consumers are cooling off, as well as

foreign consumers losing appetite to buying Chinese goods. I'm here with Chris Bidor. We're going to talk a little bit about

what the actual situation is. Chris, there's been tons of stuff. Apple, iPhone sales, cutting

projections and production. Carmakers are worried. Is it time to panic about the Chinese consumer?

Yeah, well, I think that this is probably the first time that a lot of investors in the

U.S., Europe are now fully cognizant that there's a slowdown happening in China's

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