Manufacturers like BYD, Tesla and Li Auto are cutting prices to move their electric cars. For gasoline-powered vehicles, the surplus of factories is even worse.
Premier Li Qiang targets economic growth of about 5 percent this year as China signals readiness to borrow more for spending programs.
In addition to consumer price declines in January, wholesale prices fell last month, and have been down in every month since October 2022.
The country’s trade with Russia this year has exceeded $200 billion, and makers of cars and trucks are the big winners.
China and the U.S. both gained from their economic integration. As they pull apart, each is finding it will be hard to fully replace the other.