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How China's Trade Surplus Is Coming Back
After months of widening trade deficits and hand-wringing about yuan stability, China's trade balance is quietly flipping back into surplus. In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack the June data — a goods and services deficit that narrowed to $73.3 billion from $77.6 billion — and what it signals for the yuan, for export competitiveness, and for Beijing's growth strategy. They look at why imports are slowing even as exports climb, how a weaker yen is reshaping Asian supply chains, and whether this is a genuine structural shift or just a seasonal blip. With the trade-weighted dollar…
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