China's exports slow to three-month low as U.S. tariffs hit shipments

Open this photo in gallery: Container ships are seen at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on April 15, 2025. Exports slowed while factory-gate deflation deepened to its worst level in two years as U.S. tariffs hit shipments.STR/AFP/Getty Images China's export growth slowed to a three-month low in May as U.S. tariffs slammed shipments, while factory-gate deflation deepened to its worst level in two years, heaping pressure on the world's second-largest economy on both the domestic and external fronts. U.S. President Donald Trump's global trade war and the swings in Sino-U.S. trade ties have in the past…