BEIJING: China's exports rose faster than expected in April, while imports narrowed their declines, customs data showed on Friday, giving Beijing some relief ahead of ice-breaker tariff talks with the U.S. this weekend.
Outbound shipments from the world's second-largest economy rose 8.1% year-on-year, beating the 1.9% growth expected in a Reuters poll of economists but slowing from the 12.4% jump in March, when exporters scrambled to get their shipments out before the 145% U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods took effect.
