Beijing’s new stimulus plans, rising exports, and easing US-China tensions lift sentiment across Mainland stock markets as the CSI 300 targets a four-week winning streak.

Chinese exports and imports even though China’s trade balance with the US rose. Eamonn Sheridan at Forex Live has some interesting comments on China’s December Trade Balance. The export figures are a focus and they are poor indeed. But save some space ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This is a joint post with Michael Weilandt, Research Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. It is a review of China’s trade data ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Tech-heavy stock markets were heading for their biggest weekly fall in seven months on Friday, as investors fretted over the sustainability of a rally in artificial intelligence stocks. Weaker-than-expected China trade data also showed ...

This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. South Korean stocks fell 2%, leading losses in the wider Asia-Pacific region as investors parse trade data coming out of China, as well as a rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia. South Korea's ...

Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on October 23, 2025, to reflect that China further increased the tariff to 45 percent in April 2025. A previous version of this piece stated that China raised tariffs on U.S. almonds to 35 percent in March 2025.

President Trump might not be offended to be called “a bull in a china shop” when it comes to international trade. In fact, it might even bring a smile to his face. Merchandise trade can be complicated under the best of circumstances. Throw in a variety ...