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CHINA: MNI: China Counts on Domestic Growth to Offset Trade War

- China's domestic consumption growth and structural reform can help absorb the

impact from challenging global trade environment marked by the ongoing trade war

with the U.S., a spokesman at the National Bureau of Statistics said. While

downward pressure on the economy is growing, the government is confident that it

can meet the GDP growth target of 6.5% this year, partly on the strengths of the

first two quarters, spokesman Mao Shengyong told reporters on Friday.

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