🇨🇳 China's record April surplus masks an ASEAN re-routing play Home Tags The day in view 🇨🇳 China's record April surplus masks an ASEAN re-routing play Macro Soup Newsroom June 2, 2026 3 min read Share on X Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Email Copy link China's April trade surplus hit $84.8bn on record exports of $359.4bn, but the US-China bilateral surplus compressed to $23.1bn as Southeast Asian intermediaries absorb Chinese semi-finished goods. The headline surplus is a routing story. Read next Featured Post The week in view 📰 Weekly Macro Roundup: 2026-11-07 Paid Post The week in view 🇨🇳 Beijing lowers the funding floor quietly, leans on the yuan and asks firms to buy their own shares
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