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China's economy outpaces U.S. growth despite Trump tariffs

Despite former President Trump's predictions of economic trouble for China due to tariffs, the country's economy has shown robust growth, exceeding U.S. GDP figures. China's Q3 GDP grew by 4.5%, with industrial production and retail sales showing acceleration. While the U.S. remains the larger economy with significantly higher GDP per capita, China appears to be effectively tightening its fiscal policy, reducing its augmented fiscal deficit as a share of GDP. However, both nations face substantial national debt burdens, with the U.S. deficit projected to average 7.2% of GDP over the next three decades. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Eleanor Pringle ·

    Trump said China was headed for ‘big trouble’—instead, its economy is growing faster than the U.S. and its deficits are moving in the right direction

    Goldman Sachs's Hui Shan noted over the weekend that China’s Q3 real GDP grew 4.5% year-on-year, slightly above the consensus expectation of 4.4%.