China's Oct trade surplus with the United States at $40.75 bln
The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) - China's trade surplus with the United States was $40.75 billion in October, Reuters calculations based on customs data showed on Sunday, down from $42 billion in September.
For the first ten months of the year, the surplus was $320.67 billion.
Earlier in October, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai pledged to exclude some Chinese imports from tariffs while pressing Beijing over its failure to keep some promises made in a "Phase 1" trade deal made under the Trump administration.
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Reporting by Muyu Xu, Stella Qiu and Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger
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