{"id":243278,"date":"2026-07-14T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/china-q2-gdp-growth-target-missed-for-first-time-since-covid-as-iran-turmoil-roils-global-trade\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T23:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:45:22","slug":"china-q2-gdp-growth-target-missed-for-first-time-since-covid-as-iran-turmoil-roils-global-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/china-q2-gdp-growth-target-missed-for-first-time-since-covid-as-iran-turmoil-roils-global-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"China Q2 GDP: Growth target missed for first time since Covid as Iran turmoil roils global trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/14\/business\/china-q2-gdp-export-economy-intl-hnk\">China Q2 GDP: Growth target missed for first time since Covid as Iran turmoil roils global trade<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/14\/business\/china-q2-gdp-export-economy-intl-hnk\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/14\/business\/china-q2-gdp-export-economy-intl-hnk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-14 22:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>China&#8217;s economy grew 4.3% in the second quarter of 2026, falling short of the expected 4.5% growth.<\/li>\n<li>The lower-than-expected growth rate highlights economic challenges both domestically and internationally.<\/li>\n<li>Domestic consumption remains weak despite a surge in exports, particularly in high-tech goods like semiconductors and computer parts.<\/li>\n<li>The divergence between robust export growth and stagnant domestic demand illustrates a growing &#8220;two-track economy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Rising retail sales and high energy costs from the war in Iran contributed to minor improvements and lifted China out of deflation. <\/li>\n<li>External conflicts and the possible resumption of Middle East tensions could further harm China&#8217;s economy by disrupting supply chains and increasing prices.<\/li>\n<li>Despite significant trade surplus and robust exports, a recent improvement in US-China relations could promote future trade and investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Q2 GDP: Growth target missed for first time since Covid as Iran turmoil roils&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2284700628a.JPG?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243280,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243278\/revisions\/243280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}