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EU spends three times more on imports from China than bloc exports there

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Days before Xi Jinping’s summit with Donald Trump, new study shows trade deficit ran at more than €1bn daily in July Consumers and businesses in the EU are spending three times more on Chinese imports than their counterparts in China are buying from the bloc, a study has shown. Customs data showed the gap between the EU’s imports from China and exports to…

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