Article doesn’t go into it, but thats amid the trade war.

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      surge n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: {rush}, {spate}, {surge}, {upsurge}] 2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; “stimulated a surge of speculation”; “an upsurge of emotion”; “an upsurge in violent crime” [syn: {surge}, {upsurge}]