{
  "id": 9978231,
  "title": "The China Trade Problem That Tariffs Alone Can't Fix",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/the-china-trade-problem-that-tariffs-alone-cant-fix",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-26T12:02:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-09-26/the-china-trade-problem-that-tariffs-alone-can-t-fix-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, many of its companies don't need to make a profit, and its exports are growing at two to three times the rate of the global economy. Michael Froman, former US Trade Representative under President Obama and now president of the Council on Foreign Relations, tells us why Xi Jinping sees a consumer-led economy as a political threat, and what happens…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}