Commentary
May was a great month for Chinese exports. According to the General Administration of Customs, this most recent month for which data are available saw a 12.7 percent rise over April in the value of China’s exports.
Thinking About China
Opinion
China’s May Export Surge Means Little for the Longer Term
This surge is a false signal. Chinese fundamentals point in the other direction.
Cargo containers are stacked at Yantian port in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong Province on June 22, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
Author
Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”
