China's Industrial Profits Slow as Domestic Demand Drags on Export-Led Recovery
First-half profit growth hits 18.7% year-on-year, but June figures reveal widening gap between manufacturing strength and consumer weakness
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First-half profit growth hits 18.7% year-on-year, but June figures reveal widening gap between manufacturing strength and consumer weakness

Duties between 10 and 12.5 percent take effect as Trump administration replaces expiring global levy with targeted measures anchored in forced labor enforcement

The world's second-largest economy recorded its weakest quarterly expansion since late 2022, missing forecasts as real estate investment declined 18% in the first half.

Economists point to persistent property weakness and geopolitical energy pressures as headwinds for world's second-largest economy

Friedrich Merz warns Beijing's export subsidies threaten global economic stability, echoing 1985 currency intervention blueprint