US EditionChina’s second-quarter GDP grows 5.2%, topping market expectations
CHINA, JUL 15 – China's 5.2% GDP growth in Q2 exceeded forecasts due to resilient exports and government stimulus despite weak domestic demand and ongoing US trade tensions.
- China's economy grew 5.2% year on year in the second quarter of 2025, according to official data released Tuesday in Beijing.
- This growth followed a fragile truce in the US-China trade war and ongoing challenges from tariffs and a property market slowdown.
- In June, exports grew by 5.8% compared to the previous year, while industrial output and retail sales also saw year-on-year gains, despite a drop in property investment.
- Economist Arindam Chakraborty highlighted that during the latter half of the year, unpredictable US trade policies may pose significant risks to China's net export growth.
- China is poised to meet its 5% annual growth target in 2025, supported by strong exports and expected policy adjustments despite external pressures.
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For the second quarter, Beijing reported an increase of 5.2 percent. But domestically, economic risks are increasing. How sustainable is this growth?
China’s economy grows 5.2% in Q2 despite US tariffs
grew 5.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025 amid ongoing with the United States, official data showed on Tuesday. The second quarter growth was the 5.4% pace in the first, but keeping on track to meet the government’s full-year target of “around 5%.” The first-half performance was supported by state stimulus and a pause in US-China that allowed exporters to rush out shipments ahead of potential tariff hikes. “China achieved growth above…
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Despite commercial tension with the US, in the second quarter of the year, the Chinese economy grew 5.2%, in terms of homologous terms, and one of the main factors of growth was exports, data say.
Between April and June, the Chinese economy grew by 5.2%, doing slightly better than the forecasts and thanks to the leap of exports. This last element probably depends on the race of foreign companies to accumulate stocks of Chinese products to protect themselves from possible recrudescence of the trade clash between USA and China. This suggests that the push of export to growth can be reduced in the next quarters. In June alone, Chinese retail…
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