#Trade# | 📊 #Guangdong#'s foreign trade hits 6.49 trillion yuan in Jan–July 2026, up 20.5% YoY! 🇨🇳💪 Exports: 3.8T 📤 | Imports: 2.69T 📥 | Surplus: 1.11T Top partners: #ASEAN# (1.02T), #HongKong# (990B), #EU#, #US#, #Taiwan#. Tech leads growth: IC exports +58%, lithium batteries +40%, EVs +30%, 3D printers +120%! 🤖🔋 183K companies active (+34.7%), private firms drive 4.37T trade. AI demand fuels IC imports (+48.6%) and computer parts (+77.9%). #Economy# #Exports# #Imports# #TechExports# #EV# #LithiumBattery# #3DPrinting# #AI# #TradeGrowth# #ChinaEconomy#

AI goods are driving historic global trade growth: Global trade in AI-enabling goods surged +42% YoY in Q1 2026, the largest annual growth rate on record. This is up from +22% growth for the full year 2025 and +11% in 2024. At the same time, trade in non-AI goods grew only +7% YoY, up from +5% in 2025 and +1% in 2024. This pushed total global goods trade growth to +12% YoY in Q1 2026, up from +7% in 2025 and just +2% in 2024. As a result, AI-enabling goods accounted for 18.7% of world trade in Q1, up from 13.8% in 2024. AI is the new engine of global trade growth.

AP Moller Maersk Q3 Earnings: - Upgrades FY Guidance Based On Third Quarter Performance - Sees FY Underlying EBIT: $8B To $8.5B (previously $4.5B To $6.5B) - Sees FY Underlying EBITDA: $14B To $14.5B (est $14.03B) - Still Sees FY Global Container Trade Growth Of About 4% - Revenue: $18.10B (est $18.15B) - EBITDA: $4.71B (est $5.27B) - EBIT: $3.27B (est $3.61B) - Ocean Revenue: $12.58B - Ocean EBITDA: $3.70B (est $4.4B) - Ocean Loaded Freight Rate ($/FFE): $3,287 (est $3,219) - Terminals Revenue: $1.52B - Terminals EBITDA: $551M (est $516.9M) - Logistics & Services Revenue: $4.49B - Logistics & Services EBITDA: $519M (est $491.1M)