China's June exports surge 27% from a year earlier as AI boom drives strong demand

China's exports jumped 27% year-on-year in June 2026, driven by strong AI-related demand for semiconductors and computing equipment. The surge reflects global appetite for chips and hardware needed to train and deploy large language models.

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