China pledges more borrowing and interest rate cuts to counter Trump’s tariff threats | CNN Business

China pledged Thursday to increase the budget deficit, borrow more and loosen monetary policy to maintain stable economic growth as it girds for more trade tensions with the United States where Donald Trump is returning as president.

The remarks came in a state media readout of an annual agenda-setting meeting of China’s top leaders, known as the Central Economic Work Conference, held on December 11-12.

“The adverse impact brought by changes in the external environment has deepened,” national broadcaster CCTV said following the closed-door CEWC.

This year’s meeting came with the world’s second-largest economy stuttering due to a severe property market crisis, high

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