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"We are expecting a better performance in foreign trade in the second quarter, but the bounce may be arriving in May."

Shen Danyang, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce saying that exports and imports would meet the government's annual target of 7.5 percent growth this year. Shen's comments came after China's foreign trade unexpectedly slipped in the first quarter.

(China Daily European Weekly 04/25/2014 page20)