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We can anticipate a lot of front-loading going into the fourth quarter, before the pressure kicks in come 2025,
said Xu Tianchen, senior economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit
We expect shipments to stay strong in the coming months,
Zichun Huang, China economist at Capital Economics, said in a noteIf the PMI new export sub-index has been going down, and the export figure goes up, I think it is safe to say it's more of an inventory shift,
said Dan Wang, a Chinese economist based in ShanghaiTrump's return could create a short-term boost to Chinese exports as US importers increase their purchases to get ahead of the tariffs,
she addedThe further slowdown in import growth is mainly due to the weak recovery of domestic effective demand and impact of low import prices and rising bases,
said Zhou Maohua, a macroeconomic researcher at China Everbright BankThe authorities will also consider some policy measures to offset the tariff impacts such as subsidies or access to funding,
said Raymond Yeung, ANZ's chief economist for greater ChinaRather than providing a silicon shield, Taiwan’s dominance in the chip industry could actually be the source of tension between Taipei and Trump, as Taiwan’s successes in the chip sector may be seen as having only been possible as a result of the United States being taken advantage of,
Goto said
Will (he) want to turn to support Taiwan independence? It is unlikely,
he saidGiven the weak economic position of China this time, I think there will be more willingness to talk,
he saidWhile a second Trump presidency is expected to recalibrate American trade policy, the actual impact on Vietnam would heavily depend on the specific scope and targets of those policy changes,
said Dan Martin, a Hanoi-based business advisor with investment consultancy Dezan Shira & Associates
The potential for Vietnam to attract more companies relocating from China remains strong, yet tariffs and trade restrictions may jeopardize these gains,
Schneider addedThere will be quite a lot of disruption in the world trading system,
Hufbauer warns
He will at least threaten them with the tariffs and if they don’t negotiate to his liking, Trump will put them on,
Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, tells Al Jazeera
How far tariffs go depends on how far President Xi is willing to negotiate with Trump,
he says, referring to Chinese President Xi JinpingA lot of our product would get used in the wedding market, so that [decline] affects us,
Ferguson said
In terms of tariffs, we just don’t know how big and whom it’ll be applied to,
RBA Assistant Governor Christopher Kent told a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on ThursdayIn China, the sky is the limit. There is room for everyone,
said chief executive Manny Panourakis, who is expecting to start selling products through Chinese e-commerce platforms by the end of the yearA lot of that wasn’t there before,
Ferguson saidChina is going through tough times, but anyone can make money in good times. It just means we have to change our strategy and be agile,
Drayton’s Lucas saidWe can start selling live lobsters here within a day or two. We’ve just got to get the air freight organised and then we can get back to what we were doing 4½ years ago,
company founder Andrew Ferguson said