China Exports Stay Dominant Amid Trump Tariff Wall: Supply Lines

President Xi Jinping’s export engine has proved unstoppable during five months of sky-high US tariffs, sending China toward a record trade surplus exceeding $1.2 trillion.

With access to the US curtailed, Chinese manufacturers have shown they aren’t backing down. But the across-the-board surge is causing alarm abroad, as governments weigh the potential damage to their domestic industries against the risk of antagonizing Beijing — the top trading partner for over half the planet.

Excluding shipments to the US, Bloomberg News reports today that Chinese exports to the rest of the world are up almost 10% so far this year, the ...