China-Asean trade grows 7.7% in Q3 despite the Covid-19 pandemic


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JAKARTA, Nov 2 (Xinhua): China's trade with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) in the first three quarters of the year reached US$481.8 billion, accounting for one seventh of China's foreign trade, and bilateral trade grew 7.7 per cent in the 3rd quarter, Chinese Ambassador to Asean Deng Xijun has announced.

"It grew by 5.6 percent in the second quarter and 7.7 percent in the third quarter, much faster than that between China and other trading partners," the diplomat spoke at the Third Jakarta Forum under the theme of "Reinforcing Regional Economic Recovery amid COVID-19", organised by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI).

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