Over the past few years, a handful of Central American and Caribbean countries have switched their political allegiance from Taiwan to Mainland China. In all likelihood, these governments assume there will be financial benefits from forging diplomatic ties with China, including through more trade and investment with China. A study

China's commerce officials revealed more data on China's trade and investment over the first half of 2023 at a recent press conference.

China's customs agency released trade data for June today, showing that trade in both directions is falling compared to last year, with imports outperforming exports.

Officials of China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) said last month that in 2022, China's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports exceeded 2 trillion yuan for the first time, an increase of 7.1% over 2021. Its continued expansion may face headwinds as the United States is

China's trade with Africa grew by 20 times over the past two decades, according to data released by the Chinese government. And over the weekend, 120 projects amounting to $10.3 billion in value were signed at the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo. In addition, sanitary and

The decline exists with most of China's major trading partners, although there are a few exceptions.

China's Customs agency released trade data for April, showing a decline from the previous month in both imports and exports. But measured in terms of a year-on-year comparison, exports grew slightly while imports declined. In addition, the data shows that China's trading patterns with most major