Economy News What China Isn’t Telling The World About Its Economy

How will China’s $1 trillion trade surplus change the world economy?

President Donald Trump’s tariff-driven trade war is not slowing down China’s export economy. Beijing this week reported a record $1 trillion trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2025, raising ... Read More

IMF urges China to address economic imbalances as trade surplus hits $1 trillion

The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged China to fix its economic imbalances, echoing longstanding calls for the world's second-largest economy to rely more on domestic spending and ... Read More

China's economy just did what no economy has done

Its trade surplus has risen above $1 trillion—a first for any country, reports the Wall Street Journal. New data from China's customs agency shows exports rose 5.4% to $3.4 trillion in the first 11 ... Read More

China’s growth is coming at the rest of the world’s expense

Who has contributed more to the rest of the world’s growth this year: China or the United States?The answer is the U.S., and it isn’t even close. Even as the U.S. rolls out tariffs, its imports are up ... Read More

IMF urges China to take the 'brave choice': curb exports, boost consumption

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged China to make the "brave choice" of speeding up structural reform, as pressure grows on the world's second-largest economy to shift towards a ... Read More

Opening Remarks at the 2025 China Article IV Consultation Press Conference

Welcome, everybody, to this press conference to present IMF staff’s key findings from the 2025 Article IV consultation with China—our annual economic health check. Over the past two weeks, our team ... Read More

China signals it will rely on fiscal stimulus to manage economy in 2026

China signaled on Thursday it will rely on fiscal stimulus to manage the economy in 2026, pledging to maintain a “necessary” budget deficit and debt levels to shore up growth while tackling local ... Read More

China Started Separating Its Economy From the West Years Ago

Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing’s “bulwark” against conflicts. Read More

China’s Economy Trolling Trump Better Than A Mean Tweet

A worker welding metal at a factory in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. As the global economy stumbles into the fourth quarter, China is increasingly feeling the strain of trade tensions ... Read More

Is China’s Near Monopoly in Rare Earths Really a Chokepoint in the Global Economy?

Overcoming China’s dominance over rare earths is just a question of political will – and Beijing’s moves might provide just that. On October 9, Beijing expanded its rare earth export controls. China’s ... Read More

China started separating its economy from the West years ago | Analysis

BEIJING — President Donald Trump has used tariffs to try to reduce American reliance on Chinese exports and prevent China’s factory overcapacity from swamping the U.S. economy. But his effort has hit ... Read More