The value of imports also fell by more than expected. Down 12. 4 onjuly a year ago, but that partly reflects a fall in the price of commodities such as crude oil. The figures will concern chinas government who are grappling with economic growth. The quarterly Growth Figure was just 0. 8 in the april tojune period as the country continued its post covid recovery. And last month chinas struggles were cited as a key concern for the Global Economy when the International Monetary fund updated its Global Growth forecast for this year to 3 . David woo is a former imf economist and wall street strategist, hejoins me now from tel aviv. Its a grim picture for china, isnt it . The third consecutive month of decline. Whats going wrong for them . ,. , decline. Whats going wrong for them . ,. ,. ,. , them . Some people are going to say its ust them . Some people are going to say its just basically them . Some people are going to say itsjust basically a them . Some people are going to say itsjust bas
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