union. the trimester will meet employers groups from the u.k., germany, spain, france, and the netherlands as well as heads of businesses including siemens and gloria -- and l'oreal. news 24 hours a day powered by 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. now with more news, i am going to send it back over to my colleague in london, guy johnson. what do you have for us? guy: let's talk about this china stuff. it is interesting. it is questionable. that is why it is interesting. chinese exports rose 11.5% in march. , bringing theed trade balance down in what appears to be a sign of stabilization. the question is, is it sustainable? let's go out to beijing, where our chief agent columnist is standing by -- asian economist is standing by. the headline numbers look great. many them, there are a whole bunch of other factors. >> that is right. i think the exports are not as good as the headline numbers suggest. that, thereeneath are a couple of factors at work. firstly, there was a huge slump in exports in march of 2015. that is flattering the growth rate in march of 2016. secondly, holiday affect. all of china took a we