{"id":214014,"date":"2025-04-30T03:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/finance\/chinas-manufacturing-activity-contracts-as-tariffs-take-effect\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T03:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:38:02","slug":"chinas-manufacturing-activity-contracts-as-tariffs-take-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=214014","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s manufacturing activity contracts as tariffs take effect\u2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=3f81cec8-6d0c-4a11-97d3-2cbe78a5e284\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>China\u2019s manufacturing activity contracted in April, according to an official survey, in a sign of the impact of US President Donald Trump\u2019s trade war on the economy. <\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s official purchasing managers\u2019 index came in at 49, the lowest level since December 2023. A reading of above 50 marks an expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The data covers a period in which a trade war between the US and China escalated dramatically, with tariffs now well over 100 per cent in both directions. China\u2019s official PMI manufacturing gauge had expanded in February and March. <\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. China\u2019s manufacturing activity contracted in April, according to an official survey, in a sign of the impact of US President Donald Trump\u2019s trade war on the economy. 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