{"id":151716,"date":"2026-05-20T23:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151716"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:30:05","slug":"with-china-poised-for-record-trade-surplus-former-chongqing-mayor-calls-for-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151716","title":{"rendered":"With China poised for record trade surplus, former Chongqing mayor calls for action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina needs a coordinated policy package of currency appreciation, tariff cuts and elevated labour benefits to rebalance its massive trade surplus, outspoken former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan said on Tuesday.<br \/>\nSpeaking at this year\u2019s Tsinghua PBCSF Global Finance Forum in Chengdu, the capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan, Huang described China\u2019s 2025 record-breaking US$1.2 trillion merchandise trade surplus as \u201cshocking\u201d.<br \/>\nThat momentum has shown no signs of slowing. China\u2019s goods&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3354248\/china-poised-record-trade-surplus-former-chongqing-mayor-calls-action?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina needs a coordinated policy package of currency appreciation, tariff cuts and elevated labour benefits to rebalance its massive trade surplus, outspoken former Chongqing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151716"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}