Economic calendar in Asia Friday, May 9, 2025 – Chinese April trade data due

April trade data from China should begin to show tariff impacts.

Eyes will be on Switzerland this weekend for the first tentative steps towards a trade deal between the US and China. The latest:

• White House weighing plan to slash China tariffs to as low as 50% – report

• This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
• The times in the left-most column are GMT.
• The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.