China reported stronger export and import figures for February than expected, with the net result of a smaller than expected trade surplus.

In fact, February's trade surplus of $7.6 bln is the smallest in a year and a bit more than half of the January surplus. This is consistent, however, with an under-appreciated development that we think is important.

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There is a movement afoot to build a case for filing a complaint against China at the World Trade Organization, alleging that China's efforts to censor the Internet are in violation of the terms of its WTO membership, which Reuters' Chris Buckley begins to examine here.

As I am not an attorney, I won't comment on the law involved - I'll leave it to Dan Harris and Stan Abrams to do that. But the law is not the only issue here. Perhaps more important is whether, even if China were to lose the case, the rest of the world would be willing or able to enforce it.