The Wall Street Journal

China’s flood of cheap goods is angering its allies

China’s flood of cheap goods is angering its allies
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The Wall Street Journal
By Jason Douglas, Jon Emont and Samantha Pearson A deluge of cheap Chinese goods washing over the developing world is jacking up tensions between China and the Global South, complicating Beijing’s plans to build alliances as it confronts escalating trade tensions with the US.With President-elect Donald Trump saying he plans to significantly increase tariffs on China, Beijing is hoping to unload more of its excess factory production to developing-world countries, from Indonesia to Pakistan to Brazil.But many of those countri...

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