China’s foreign trade of goods went down 3.2 percent year on year in the first half of this year to 14.24 trillion yuan (about $2 trillion), narrowing by 1.7 percentage points compared with the decrease for the first five months. During the period, the country’s exports dropped 3 percent to 7.71 trillion yuan and imports fell 3.3 percent to 6.53 trillion yuan, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC). The country registered better-than-expected foreign trade performance in the first half of the year, said Li Kuiwen, GAC spokesperson and director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis of the ... (full story)