HONG KONG — China’s exports and imports for the first two months of the year beat estimates, an indication that demand may be improving as Beijing attempts to speed up its economic recovery. Exports in January-February grew 7.1% from a year earlier, according to customs data released Thursday, up from a 2.3% rise in December. … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Thousands of farmers marched in Poland’s capital and Spanish farmers cut off traffic on highways near the French border on Tuesday in the latest protests against food imports from Ukraine and the European Union’s agricultural policies. The actions follow similar protests across Europe in recent weeks, and come as the West is … Read more
US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping attend a business leaders event inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. Nicolas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump plans to escalate the U.S-China trade war he launched during his first term as president if he … Read more
An aerial view of a container ship leaving the dockyard in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China reported a smaller-than-expected decline in exports in September from a year ago, while imports missed, according to customs data released Friday. In U.S.-dollar terms, exports fell by … Read more
Grain is transferred to a truck from Wieslaw Gryn’s farm in Rogow, Poland, on Sept. 19. (Karolina Jonderko for The Washington Post) Updated September 25, 2023 at 2:50 p.m. EDT|Published September 25, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Comment on this storyComment ROGOW, Poland — There is so much grain at Wieslaw Gryn’s farm in eastern … Read more
September 16, 2023 at 2:05 a.m. EDT Agricultural employees harvest barley within the Chernihiv area of Ukraine on Aug. 30. (Pierre Crom/Getty Photographs) The European Fee’s block on grain shipments from Ukraine into 5 bordering European Union nations expired Friday, prompting Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to impose import restrictions of their very own. Restricted entry … Read more
A container ship from China-owned Cosco Delivery sits within the Port of Oakland in California on Aug. 7, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Pictures Information | Getty Pictures BEIJING — China stated Tuesday that exports fell by 14.5% in July from a yr in the past, whereas imports dropped by 12.4% in U.S. greenback phrases. … Read more