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This aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a view of Longtan Container Terminal of Nanjing Port in Nanjing, East China\u201cs Jiangsu province. [Photo\/Xinhua] <\/p>\n
\n This aerial drone photo taken on July 10, 2025 shows a view of Longtan Container Terminal of Nanjing Port in Nanjing, East China\u201cs Jiangsu province. [Photo\/Xinhua] <\/p>\n
BEIJING \u2013 China is confident and well-prepared to continue promoting steady growth in and improving the quality of foreign trade, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.<\/p>\n
Currently, global economic and trade development continues to face significant uncertainties, with multiple international organizations noting that tariff barriers have substantially increased global trade costs, ministry spokesperson He Yongqian told a news conference.<\/p>\n
These tariff barriers have seriously affected the efficiency and stability of global industrial and supply chains, posing downward risks to global trade, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Against this backdrop, China will continue to uphold the principle of expanding high-standard opening up and steadfastly manage its own affairs, addressing various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development, according to the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\u201eWe are also ready to work with more trading partners to jointly cope with challenges and share development opportunities,\u201c the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s trade in goods totaled 25.7 trillion yuan ($3.6 trillion) in the first seven months of 2025, up 3.5 percent year-on-year, with the growth pace accelerating by 0.6 percentage points from the first half of the year, according to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs.<\/p>\n