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The sheer value of China's exports - which account for a fifth of the country's earnings - means that a 20% tariff could weaken demand from overseas and shrink the trade surplus.

Beijing was able to meet the 5% target for the last two years but growth was driven by strong exports, which resulted in a nearly trillion-dollar record trade surplus.

As the world's most powerful military, it has been able to send hundreds of surplus Humvees and armoured vehicles - numbers that smaller European armies could never match.

At one stage, she says she obtained the drug from another patient, who had a surplus, against regulations via Instagram.

In announcing its losses Tuesday, State Farm General said its request was not based on its Los Angeles-area wildfire losses, though it noted the fires would reduce the company’s surplus by an additional $400 million.