China is buying less from its Asian neighbors, too

Yet its exports are still rising, raising pressure on local manufacturers

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Busan port, South Korea: The U.S. has overtaken China as the country's largest export market. (Yonhap via AP)

Sonal Varma is chief economist at Nomura for the Asian region excluding Japan.

Asia's trade relationship with China is undergoing a tectonic shift. Over the last three years, most of the region's economies have been exporting less to China, as a share of their overall exports, while at the same time importing even more from China.

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