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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

China says economy beat expectations to grow 5.4% ahead of Trump tariff war

China’s economic growth was outpacing forecasts in the months up to the start of Donald Trump’s global trade war, new data released by Beijing on Wednesday showed.

Gross domestic product grew by 5.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, according to data published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, beating an expected increase of about 5.1 per cent.

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