Companies like Alibaba that built China’s world-leading online shopping sector are now helping its sellers find markets beyond the United States.

China's factory activity likely contracted in April, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, as Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" package of tariffs brought a sudden halt to two months of recovery.

A new survey of consumers on Tuesday is expected to show attitudes worsened in April, casting further gloom over the economy as President Donald Trump’s tariffs set off warnings of price increases and a possible recession.