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I mean, these figures for trade are actually even worse than economists had anticipated in terms of exports. Its the weakest data since back in february 2020, when china, of course, was right in the thick of the pandemic. Why is this data so bad . Well, its mainly to do with chinas customers abroad. Theyre really struggling with high inflation, high Interest Rates. So theyre spending less money on chinese goods. And if youre a policymaker in beijing, well, its difficult to say what you should do about that. You cantjust force other countries to start buying more of your goods. But theres also more to contend with. If you look at the spending within china, thats also looking not very encouraging at the moment. Tomorrow, were expecting some more figures to be coming out, which will probably show Deflation Prices actually going down in china. Thats a bit more difficult to explain. But there are some people who think that chinas Zero Covid Policy went on for so long that customers just are
in the last couple of days. i am going to direct in the last couple of days. i am going to direct our in the last couple of days. i am going to direct our uk - in the last couple of days. i am going to direct our uk viewers to the stream on the bbc news website. welcome to world business report. i m samantha simmonds. we start in china, with all eyes on the latest trade data showing a significant drop in exports and imports injuly, as the world s second biggest economy continues to be hampered by weakened demand at home and a sluggish global outlook. nick marsh has the details from our asia business hub in sinapore. it seems every time this data comes out, it s never really good reading.
stream on the bbc news website. welcome to world business report. i m samantha simmonds. we start in china, with all eyes on the latest trade data showing a significant drop in exports and imports injuly, as the world s second biggest economy continues to be hampered by weakened demand at home and a sluggish global outlook. nick marsh has the details from our asia business hub in sinapore. it seems every time this data comes out, it s never really good reading.