trade surplus
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 28, 2026 by Matthew C. Klein · across every show →
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Jul 28, 2026
Klein: China's annual trade surplus surged to $1.1 trillion post-COVID
“If we look at China's external balance with the rest of the world in the years immediately leading up to the pandemic, the trade surplus, depending on how you measure it, was around, you know, 100 to two hundred billion dollars a year, which is, you know, In o…”
Jul 28, 2026 negative
Klein: Crushing domestic consumption artificially forces a trade surplus
“If one guaranteed way to either reduce a trade deficit or to generate trade surplus is you just crush your domestic economy. If people can't afford to eat anymore, then, you know, but they still can sell things to people in the rest of the world, then you're g…”