Wednesday, March 5, 2025

China targets 5% growth as it reels from Trump tariffs

INTRO: China has set an economic growth target for this year of around 5 percent and vowed to make domestic demand a key economic driver amid an escalating trade war with the United States.

Its leaders unveiled the plan as thousands of delegates attend the National People's Congress, a rubber-stamp parliament, which passes decisions already made behind closed doors. Laura Westbrook has more.


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