CHINA-US-TRADE

This photo taken on August 7, 2018 shows a truck (C) transporting a container next to stacked containers at a port in Zhangjiagang in China's eastern Jiangsu province. China's trade surplus with the United States eased in July, when President Donald Trump imposed stiff tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods in a showdown between the world's two biggest economies. The figures on August 8 come as the two exchange threats of further measures, which have fuelled fears of a trade war many observers warn could hammer global business. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)