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G20 finance ministers are meeting in a backdrop of rising global trade tensions, with several countries criticizing China for its surging exports, including a record $1.2 trillion surplus last year. The US and other countries are accusing China of flooding the market with cheap goods that local producers can't compete with. Chinese exporters have responded by slashing prices, driven partly by declining domestic consumption in China. Japan's finance minister has stated that "everyone's feelings" about China's trade practices have reached a breaking point ahead of a summit between US and Chinese leaders.
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At G20 finance meetings, countries including the US were critical of China over its trade practices. China has seen a record $1.2 trillion surplus in exports last year, with prices being slashed to flood global markets. This has led to "untenable" trade imbalances according to EU envoys who met with Beijing officials this week. The criticism is straining relations between the US and China ahead of an upcoming summit, with Japan's finance minister saying tensions have reached a boiling point: "everyone's feelings have crossed a threshold". Chinese leaders have rejected the accusations, but they are facing pressure from global trade partners.

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That has led exporters to slash prices, flooding global markets with Chinese goods so cheap that local producers can’t compete: EU envoys were in Beijing this week to discuss “untenable” trade imbalances.
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This week’s meeting of G20 finance ministers underscored rising global trade tensions, with several countries, including the US, lashing out at China. asserted
countries → underscore → China
Exports from the world’s second-largest economy have surged in recent months — the country registered a record $1.2 trillion surplus last year — driven partly by plummeting domestic consumption in China. asserted
country → surge → China
That has led exporters to slash prices, flooding global markets with Chinese goods so cheap that local producers can’t compete: EU envoys were in Beijing this week to discuss “untenable” trade imbalances. asserted
envoys → lead → imbalances
Beijing has rejected the accusations, straining ties ahead of a summit this month between the American and Chinese leaders. asserted
Beijing → reject → leaders
When it comes to China, “everyone’s feelings have crossed a threshold,” Japan’s finance minister said. asserted
minister → come → threshold
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