China posts better-than-expected Q2 growth in face of Trump tariffs

[Allan]

Trump's tariffs don't seem to having the desired effect. Canada, the EU and China are all seeing growth that is outpacing the US.

China reported better-than-expected economic growth for the second quarter in the face of an ongoing trade war with the United States, as diversification efforts to non-US markets buoyed exports.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.2% in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at a press conference on Tuesday. That was higher than the average prediction of 5.1%, based on a poll of 40 economists surveyed by Reuters on Friday.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/business/china-gdp-q2-economy-intl-hnk

 

[Mr Person]

Amazingly, kneecapping yourself helps your competitors.

 

[Pyrite]

Trump's tariffs don't seem to having the desired effect. Canada, the EU and China are all seeing growth that is outpacing the US.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/business/china-gdp-q2-economy-intl-hnk

But are the trumps and the Trump Organization profiting?

 

[AConcernedCitizen]

Amazingly, kneecapping yourself helps your competitors.

Not really. China, Canada, and the EU would all be doing even better if the US wasn't being such a scumnugget. It's just that we hurt ourselves a lot in order to hurt them a little.

Because we are fools.

 

[Grand Mal]

Trump's tariffs don't seem to having the desired effect. Canada, the EU and China are all seeing growth that is outpacing the US.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/business/china-gdp-q2-economy-intl-hnk

And the world is making networks of agreements and alliances that exclude the USA.
I guess one sure way to declare America first is to take America right out of the game.