US-China decoupling: has China cast aside US threat with booming exports in 2020?

China’s significance in global trade has received a clear boost in 2020, with exports surging in defiance of speculation early in the year that it could be marginalised in a post-pandemic world, according to analysts.Beijing’s concern in spring, when an estimated 200 million workers were out of jobs, that China’s status as the factory of the world could be undermined has proven unfounded as the year enters its final month.China was the first major economy to bounce back from the impact of the…

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