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China becomes biggest exporter, edging out Germany (AP)

January 10th, 2010 | Author: admin

FILE - A worker stands in front of containers at the newly open Yangshan deep water port in this Dec. 10, 2005 file photo taken in Shanghai, China. China has overtaken Germany as the world's biggest exporter after December exports rose 17.7 percent despite weak global demand. Chinese state media said Sunday Jan. 10, 2010 the country's total 2009 exports were $1.2 trillion. That was just above the 816 billion euros ($1.17 trillion) in exports forecast last month by Germany's national foreign trade association for 2009. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP – Already the biggest auto market and steel maker, China edged past Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter, yet another sign of its rapid rise and the spread of economic power from West to East.


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