Trade
China Nears Record $1 Trillion Trade Surplus as Trump Returns
- Exports to nearly 170 economies top what China buys from them
- Wider surpluses with US, EU and Asean stir fears of trade war
The Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai.
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China’s trade surplus is on track to hit a fresh record this year, increasingly leaving it on a collision course with some of the world’s biggest economies by aggravating an imbalance in global commerce that risks provoking President-elect Donald Trump.