New export champion

In retrospect, when the World Trade Organization (WTO) predicted last month that China will soon overtake Germany as the biggest exporter, it was already a reality.

The global trading body recently found that China exported goods worth $521.7 billion in the first six months of this year while Germany's total was $521.6 billion.

Though the difference is too small to say at this stage which country will be the full year export champion, China's rise as the world's largest exporter looks more certain than ever.