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Since US President Donald Trump – just days into his second term – began imposing tariffs on China for its role in the flow of deadly opioids like fentanyl into the United States, Beijing’s message has been clear.

BEIJING] Public perceptions of China have improved over the past year, according to a new survey, while those of the US have dimmed, a trend that coincides with US President Donald Trump returning to office.

China's total trade with the US fell 9.3 percent year-on-year to reach 2.08 trillion yuan ($290.16 billion), in the first half of the year, according to an official from China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Monday.

China has meanwhile sought to portray the U.S. to the rest of the world – and the Global South in particular – as a disruptor of the free trade system. At the same time, it has worked to rally allies of the U.S. that have been hit with high tariffs, calling on them to work with China to confront Washington over tariffs.

China’s exports recorded a larger-than-expected acceleration in June, as exporters took advantage of a 90-day tariff truce with the United States to speed up their shipments. The world’s top merchandise exporter saw its outbound shipments rise by 5.

China always welcomes companies from all countries, including the US, to invest in China and share in development opportunities, Li Chenggang, China's international trade representative and vice minister of commerce,

The prime minister of Australia, a longtime US security partner in Asia, sought to focus his trip to China this week on business and trade opportunities, dodging thornier issues around US-China competition such as Taiwan or Beijing’s military expansion.