China’s exports grew at a faster pace in July, surpassing expectations as global businesses await clarity on whether Beijing and Washington will extend their tariff truce ahead of an August deadline.

China has also increasingly relied on third countries for the manufacturing of final products or components, a trend that accelerated following Donald Trump’s first trade war and his imposition of higher restrictions on the world’s second-largest economy.

China is shipping more goods to Southeast Asia and other regions that often re-export them to the United States. China still sells three times as much to the United States as it buys.