China’s trade with Russia surges to the highest level since Putin launched his war on Ukraine

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China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin together in Moscow on March 20. Russian pool via AP Chinese-Russian trade hit its highest level since February 2022, data shows. Last month, trade between the countries rose to $20.83 billion. China's imports from Russia rose 15.7%, and exports to Russia soared 90.9%. Bilateral trade between Russia and China rose to the highest level since the launch of the Ukraine invasion, deepening ties between the two nations amid an otherwise tense geopolitical scene. Trade value climbed to $20.83 billion last month, Reuters reported, citing data from the General Administration of Customs. It's the...