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Middle East Shock Sends Chinese Exporters Scrambling: Orders Halted, Prices Spike and Trade Shows Move Elsewhere

An uptick in Middle East conflict has disrupted Chinese exporters through halted orders, surging raw-material prices and cancelled trade fairs. Firms are responding with stockpiling, market pivots and price renegotiations even as Beijing both cuts export rebates on some goods and rolls out trade-facilitation measures.