December trade data from China headlines the economic and event calendar in Asia today.
A couple of things to keep in mind:
- The time of release is scheduled for 0300 GMT, which is 2200 US Eastern time. The trade data does not necessarily get published on time, so if you are awaiting it it’ll pay to be flexible on this.
- Also, the trade data often comes out in dribs and drabs, it can take a good hour or so sometimes to get the complete picture.
We had plenty to going on with from China last week. See screenshot at the top of this post. No detail, just bluster.
As I said yesterday:
- The White House provided no implementation detail, leaving markets to assess (guess?) the implications for global trade and Iran’s major partners. Market speculation if intensely focused on how, if?, this applies to China, one of Iran’s largest trading partners. Its hard not to see a TACO on this, at least as it applies to China.
Anyway, this is unrelated to the December data due today, but something to keep an eye on ahead
Economic and event calendar in Asia 14 January 2026 – Chinese trade data (December)