Chinese Exports Flood Southeast Asia on US Tariffs, Citi Says
Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia are among Asian countries seeing the sharpest surge in Chinese imports as higher US tariffs upend regional trade, according to Citigroup Inc.
China's export push in Southeast Asia may be a sign of trade diversion, as direct exports to the US have fallen sharply in recent months, Citi's head of emerging-markets economic research Johanna Chua wrote in a report Tuesday.
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