US pips China as South Korea’s top export market for first time in 2 decades
美国20年来首次取代中国成为韩国最大的出口市场
South Korea exported US$11.3 billion worth of goods to the US in December compared with US$10.9 billion to China. Overall exports rose for a third straight month.
韩国12月向美国出口了价值113亿美元的商品，而对中国的出口额为109亿美元。整体出口连续第三个月增长。
South Korean exports to the US exceeded shipments to China for the first time in two decades last month, in a sign of shifting ties amid global tensions over economic security and tech supply chains.
上个月，韩国对美国的出口二十年来首次超过对中国的出口，这表明在全球经济安全和科技供应链紧张局势下，两国关系正在发生变化。
South Korea sold US$11.3 billion in goods to the US in December compared with US$10.9 billion to China, the trade ministry said on Monday. The switch in positions came as South Korea’s overall exports rose 5.1 per cent from a year earlier – a third monthly increase after a year-long slump.
韩国贸易部周一表示，韩国12月向美国出口了113亿美元的商品，而向中国出口的商品为109亿美元。在立场转变之际，韩国的整体出口同比增长了5.1%，这是韩国连续一年的下滑后的第三个月增长。
The change in positions partly reflects China’s economic challenges, which led policymakers to come up with a series of stimulus measures last year. Still, one month’s data does not offer conclusive proof of a conscious or enduring shift in trading patterns.
立场的转变在一定程度上反映了中国面临的经济挑战，这导致政策制定者去年提出了一系列刺激措施。尽管如此，一个月的数据并不能提供交易模式有意识或持久转变的确凿证据。
China remains South Korea’s biggest trading partner by a large margin given the scale of Seoul’s imports from the world’s second-largest economy.
鉴于首尔从世界第二大经济体进口的规模，中国仍然是韩国最大的贸易伙伴。
