China Emerges From Trade Chaos With Record Exports, Surplus (1)

China ended the first half of the year with a record trade surplus of about $586 billion after exports to the US began to stabilize, with factories riding out the tariff rollercoaster that upended global commerce.

Exports rose 5.8% in June from a year earlier to $325 billion, exceeding the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Imports rose 1.1% to grow for the first time since February, according to data from the General Administration of Customs on Monday.

Shipments to the US fell 16.1% from a year earlier after slumping by over 34% in May. Chinese firms were ...