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China Exports Improve, but They Are Not the Help China Either Wants or Needs

Yuan depreciation and deflation have given China exports at renewed price edge, but this is no solution for China’s economic woes.
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China Exports Improve, but They Are Not the Help China Either Wants or Needs
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
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Modest, if uneven, export growth is just about the only bright spot in China’s economic picture these days.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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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."
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