>According to Russian Railways (RR), January-to-September volumes were up 47% year on year, to 568,700 teu, more than during the whole of last year.
>Trains from **China to Europe** carried 379,600 teu, **up 40%**, but the rate of growth from **Europe to China** was faster, with volumes **up 70%** to 189,100 teu for the nine-month period.
>Despite the pandemic and global logistical problems, the volume of **trade between China and the EU grew by 32.4%** year on year in the first eight months of 2021.
>The annual volume of trade between the two is likely to set a new record of more than $700 billion, an official with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has said.
>**China’s exports** in U.S. dollar terms **surged 28.1%** year-on-year in September to $305.74 billion, beating the 21% growth figure expected by the Reuters poll.
I think that’s too strong an assumption. It’s because of US policy that the EU created an alternative payments system to SWIFT to protect EU companies from random US sanctions like happened under Trump.
It’s a multipolar world now.
If in the full free market environment That could not decouple
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Decoupling from China is a good thing.
Decoupling is a must. You cannot have the import of cheap shit be the reason you enable genocide and the undermining of freedom.
Europe urgently needs to intensify its quest for freedomz and tell those ~~based~~ poor Asians why and how much exactly China bad
>Decouple…. ?
**China with EU**
[China-Europe rail freight boom brings congestion at the borders](https://theloadstar.com/china-europe-rail-freight-boom-brings-congestion-at-the-borders/)
>According to Russian Railways (RR), January-to-September volumes were up 47% year on year, to 568,700 teu, more than during the whole of last year.
>Trains from **China to Europe** carried 379,600 teu, **up 40%**, but the rate of growth from **Europe to China** was faster, with volumes **up 70%** to 189,100 teu for the nine-month period.
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[China-EU trade sees strong growth in 2021](https://www.iaapuk.org/china-eu-trade-sees-strong-growth-in-2021/)
>Despite the pandemic and global logistical problems, the volume of **trade between China and the EU grew by 32.4%** year on year in the first eight months of 2021.
>The annual volume of trade between the two is likely to set a new record of more than $700 billion, an official with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has said.
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**China with USA**
[China trade surplus with the U.S. rises to monthly record in September](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/13/china-trade-data-imports-grow-17point6percent-in-september-miss-expectations.html)
>**China’s exports** in U.S. dollar terms **surged 28.1%** year-on-year in September to $305.74 billion, beating the 21% growth figure expected by the Reuters poll.
I think that’s too strong an assumption. It’s because of US policy that the EU created an alternative payments system to SWIFT to protect EU companies from random US sanctions like happened under Trump.
It’s a multipolar world now.
If in the full free market environment That could not decouple