China sets 2025 GDP growth target of around 5%

We have a deficit with Mexico of $350 billion.”

He said in a Fox News interview in February

There doesn't appear to be any significant immediate impact from the first round of U.S. tariffs in February,

said Lynn Song, chief economist for Greater China at ING

We’ve been advising clients, like, don’t look at this as a first 100-day thing. This is going to be the pace for the next three years and 10 months,

Cutler told PI

Doug Fordontario Premier

There’s always that hope that these won’t last long, and you don’t want to create a big ruckus out of nothing, not for something that could go away quickly,

another lobbyist told Doug and Ari

Since he knows the administration’s decisionmakers, he can interface with agencies to get results,

said Adam Bult, who co-chairs Brownstein’s litigation practice

Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn’t mean a thing,

Trump told House Speaker Mike Johnson of the landmark bipartisan semiconductor incentives passed in 2022

It’s going to boom,

the president said of the auto industry,

But that may be wishful thinking,

they write, given the recriminations and threats that were coming out of both Ottawa and Washington on Tuesday

In the past a lot of the restrictions were focusing on Made in China, and increasingly it is focused on Made by China

says Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis

After speaking with the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, we agreed that Mexico will not have to pay tariffs on anything included in the T-MEC Agreement,

Trump reported on his social network Truth Social and pointed out

Everybody’s hoping that the tariffs that have been implemented are just a negotiation tactic, but the longer they go on, the more they are going to pressure the overall economy and raise prices,

said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth

In the face of a challenging global environment, the proactive and resilient goal suggests that China is braving uncertainties with a clear, determined approach to growth,

he said

It's important that China shows to the world that it will open more its economy,

said Carlos Aquino, director of the Center for Asian Studies at Peru's National University of San Marcos, citing the hosting of the China International Import Expo as an example, which benefits both Chinese consumers and the rest of the world by promoting imports

It is not surprising that technological innovations come from young people, and DeepSeek has surprised the world with a very strong involvement of young people,

said Türk

Many thanks to President Donald Trump. We had an excellent and respectful call in which we agreed that our work and collaboration have yielded unprecedented results, within the framework of respect for our sovereignties."

Sheinbaum posted on X Thursday

Exerting extreme pressure on China is the wrong target and the wrong calculation … If the US has other intentions and insists on a tariff war, trade war or any other war, China will fight to the end. We advise the US to put away its bullying face and return to the right track of dialogue and co-operation as soon as possible

On Tuesday, in response to Mr Trump imposing an extra 10 per cent tariff on Chinese goods, taking the cumulative duty to 20 per cent, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said

The target of around 5 percent GDP growth is considered reasonable, as it balances necessity and feasibility. However, concerns remain that sluggish domestic consumption and tariffs imposed under Trump 2.0 could weigh down GDP."

Noriyuki Kawamura, emeritus professor at Nagoya University of Foreign Studies in Japan, said

This number reflects that the authorities are determined to support growth against the backdrop of external uncertainties and trade tensions with the US,

Bloomberg quoted Raymond Yeung, chief economist for Greater China at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group

The high level of growth in China inevitably brings moments of structural changes, which means some sectors will grow slowly, while other sectors will grow more quickly,

said Türk

We are on the tariff roller coaster,

Wasif Latif, chief investment officer at Sarmaya Partners in New Jersey