In the summer of 2018, when former President Donald Trump launched a trade war with Beijing, the Chinese economy was gaining on the United States, and popular opinion suggested it could soon become the world’s largest.

China's commerce ministry on Thursday announced a series of policy measures aimed at boosting the country's foreign trade, including pledging to strengthen financing support to firms and expand exports of agricultural products.

After the resounding victory of Donald Trump in US presidential elections, once he takes over the president’s office in January, the first and foremost thing he is likely to do is to impose tariffs on Chinese imports,