China June dollar-denominated exports grow 5.8%, imports rise 1.1%

BEIJING, July 14 (Reuters) - China's export growth picked up pace in June, expanding 5.8% from the previous year by value, while imports rose 1.1%, as uncertainty over U.S. tariff policy remained a major headwind for the world's second-biggest economy.

A Reuters poll of economists had forecast 5.0% growth in exports and a 1.3% rise in imports. Those compared with a 4.8% expansion and a 3.4% contraction for exports and imports, respectively, in May.

Trade tensions between China and the United States have kept financial markets on edge in recent months with investors looking for signs the two economic superpowers can agree to turn a tariff truce into a more enduring deal.