BEIJING - China's foreign trade for the whole of 2021 is expected to maintain relatively fast growth, although growth will likely drop back in the fourth quarter due to a high comparison base last year, said Li Kuiwen, a spokesman for China's customs authority.

China's trade still faces many uncertain and unstable factors but measures to stabilise it are showing results, said Li, speaking at a briefing in Beijing on Wednesday. 

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