{"id":51114,"date":"2025-09-08T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/51114\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:31:11","slug":"chinas-export-growth-slows-in-august-under-shadow-of-trade-war-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/51114\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s export growth slows in August under shadow of trade war uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s exports continued to rise in August, though at a slower pace, with the near-term outlook clouded as global markets watch to see whether the world\u2019s two largest economies can reach a <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3322129\/us-negotiators-face-tough-task-secure-trade-deal-china?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lasting and durable trade deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Outbound shipments rose by 4.4 per cent year on year to US$321.8 billion last month, according to customs data released on Monday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The figure was lower than the 7.2 per cent recorded in July and fell short of the 5.4 per cent forecast by the Chinese financial data provider Wind.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Imports in August, meanwhile, rose by 1.3 per cent year on year to nearly US$219.5 billion, compared to the 4.1 per cent growth in July and the 3.8 per cent growth forecast by Wind, suggesting little improvement in domestic demand.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China\u2019s trade surplus expanded to US$102.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Analysts said the effect of front-loading \u2013 when goods were shipped before higher tariff rates took effect \u2013 might have waned, but other factors continued to support performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s exports continued to rise in August, though at a slower pace, with the near-term outlook clouded as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[5734,79,381,5214,37667,25663,179,18,10170,4091,19,31763,17,4192,36119,37668,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-51114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-august","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-chinese","12":"tag-customs-data","13":"tag-domestic-demand","14":"tag-economy","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-exports","17":"tag-global-markets","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-imports","20":"tag-ireland","21":"tag-july","22":"tag-trade-deal","23":"tag-trade-surplus","24":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}