What China's 'Extraordinary' Trade Surplus Means
THE SO WHAT
A $133 billion monthly surplus driven by a 36% export surge and near-doubling of AI chip shipments means China is still exporting deflation and hardware at scale. For non-Chinese chip and hardware vendors, pricing power will stay constrained unless policy or export controls materially tighten.
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