All the inbound exhibits for the upcoming 22nd China-ASEAN Expo arrived on Monday at the expo venue -- Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center.
The event is scheduled from Sept 17 to 21 in Nanning, the capital city of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, attracting over 130 exhibitors from ASEAN countries.
Themed "Digital Intelligence Empowers Development, Innovation Leads the Future -- Building a Community of Shared Future with New Opportunities from the Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area," the expo will have an exhibition area of nearly 160,000 square meters this year, with an AI exhibition area of 10,000 square meters set for the first time.
The event will also feature 90 trade and investment promotion activities, 13 high-level forums, and for the first time, the release of a blue book outlining new opportunities in the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area.
All exhibits for 22nd China-ASEAN Expo arrive in Nanning
The European Commission's autumn 2025 economic forecast shows that driven by a surge in exports in anticipation of U.S. tariff increases, the European Union's (EU) economy maintained growth in the third quarter of this year, and it is expected to continue expanding at a moderate pace over the forecast horizon.
In the report released on Monday, the Commission said the gross domestic product (GDP) of the EU is expected to grow 1.4 percent in 2025, with the eurozone expanding 1.3 percent. Growth in 2026 is forecast at 1.4 percent for the EU and 1.2 percent for the eurozone, both slightly lower than projections made in May.
Eurozone headline inflation is projected to ease to 2.1 percent this year from 2.4 percent in 2024. Inflation across the EU is seen declining from 2.6 percent in 2024 to 2.2 percent in 2027, remaining slightly above the eurozone rate.
Due to the increase in defence spending, the EU's fiscal deficit is expected to rise to 3.4 percent of GDP in 2027 from 3.1 percent in 2024. The EU debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to rise from 84.5 percent in 2024 to 85 percent in 2027, with the eurozone ratio set to rise from around 88 percent to 90.4 percent.
The forecast noted that globally, trade barriers have reached historic highs, and the EU now faces higher average tariffs on exports to the U.S. compared with the spring forecast. Persistent trade policy uncertainty continues to weigh on economic activity, with tariffs and non-tariff restrictions potentially constraining EU growth more than expected. Any escalation in geopolitical tensions could intensify supply shocks, it noted.
EU expects economy to expand moderately
