China's factory activity likely contracted in April, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, as Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" package of tariffs brought a sudden halt to two months of recovery. A Reuters ...

That reading missed analysts' expectations for a 49.8 contraction in a Reuters poll and ... the slowing factory activity to "drastic changes in the external environment" in a Chinese statement ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s factory activity contracted at the fastest ... 2023 and missing a median forecast of 49.8 in a Reuters poll. The non-manufacturing PMI, which includes services and ...