China's explosive export growth could make trade tensions with America even worse

• China's exports in May blew past estimates, rising 7.6% year over year in dollar terms.
• It showcases Beijing's growing dependence on foreign buyers to support its growth.
• But as cheap products flood the US and EU, Western leaders are responding with trade barriers.

Chinese exports jumped above forecasts in May as the second-largest economy leans more and more on foreign markets to boost growth.

But as Beijing unloads its products on the world, it's turning up the heat on trade tensions.