February 2014 Trade Bulletin

Highlights of this month’s edition: 2013 trade deficit with China sets new record; U.S. exports perform well in second half; U.S. challenges China at WTO over noncompliance in GOES case; Lenovo bids for IBM servers and Motorola handsets; China’s real estate boom raises risk of a bubble; China’s property developers begin to invest overseas; China’s economy grows at 7.7 percent in the fourth quarter; leadership and CBRC unveil new leading groups to engineer reform.