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what a coincidence. this appears to be true for the US as well, seeing as how US-China trade is also hitting record heights.
Yes but largely driven by the pandemic influenced spending. Home offices furniture and office supplies was the principal driver and of course medical disposable supplies such as masks and gloves. 2020 was an anomaly, a new trend is emerging in 2021 the west remains the dominant market and will drive demand for the foreseeable future. Consumers are asking for alternatives to China, I suppose this trend is largely influenced by COVID and the negative press around China. It obviously doesn't help when Chinese foreign officials throw juvenile temper tantrum's in public.
Additionally, businesses are looking to derisk- once again lessons learnt during the lock down, a combination of trade tariffs, political uncertainties is the compelling driver behind the push to diversification of supplies. Finally, the Chinese consumer is already over leveraged and will be of minor consequences once the effects of Chinese stimulus subsides. So yes trade imbalance with China will self correct in a few years.