China's trade surplus jumps 67%
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China's trade surplus rose 67% in January, increasing pressure on Beijing to allow the yuan to float freely.
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China revised its 2006 economic growth data to a 12-year high of 11.1 percent, from 10.7 percent.
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China more than doubled its export earnings from cellphones, shipping 73.4 million handsets overseas in the first seven months of the year, state media reported.
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The gap between US exports and imports hits an all-time high of $671.7bn (Â£484bn) last year, official figures show.
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Japan's trade surplus hits a 24-year high as exports to Asia and Europe offset a fall in sales to the US.
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China&#39;s annual economic growth surged  to an 11- year high of 11.9 percent in the second quarter,  cementing expectations for tighter policy to keep the world&#39;s  fastest-growing major economy from overheating.
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The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in December and grew 6.5 percent during all of 2006 to a record $763.6 billion, a U.S. Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.
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China's investment in factories, real estate and other urban assets in the first eight months of the year rose 26.7 percent from the same period last year, the government reported Friday, despite curbs meant to prevent runaway spending.
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China posted a record trade surplus of  $26.9 billion in June as exporters rushed out shipments ahead  of cuts in export tax rebates, handing further ammunition to  critics of Beijing&#39;s exchange rate regime.
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America's trade deficit swelled to an all-time high of &#36;55.5 billion in October as imports &#151; including those from China &#151; surged to the loftiest levels on record. Skyrocketing crude-oil prices also contributed to the yawning trade gap.
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The deficit in the broadest measure of trade climbed to a record high of $164.7 billion in the third quarter of this year, reflecting Americans' hardy demand for imported oil and foreign-made goods.
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The German trade surplus has topped its highest level since unification in 1990 in October, propelled by surging exports.
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German exports hit record levels last year, helping the trade surplus to its highest level since unification.
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China's retail sales in the first two months rose a strong 14.7 percent from a year earlier, reinforcing a trend of sturdy spending buoyed by rising incomes and government steps to spur consumption.
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Taiwan&#39;s exports to China increased 33 per cent to $US17.7 billion ($A25.23 billion) in the first five months of this year, a state-funded publication reported on Sunday.
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Chinese foreign trade has increased 750 percent in the 55 years of the People&#39;s Republic of China, a Chinese trade official said Friday.
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Strong steel and car exports help Japan's trade surplus rise for the first time in three months.