Bloomberg: China's trade surplus dropped for the first time in almost a year and export growth plunged as the worst blizzards in half a century disrupted shipments and U.S. demand weakened. Exports rose 6.5%, the slowest pace in almost six years, aiding government efforts to cool the world's fourth-biggest economy. China's surpluses cause tension with trading partners and threaten to worsen 11-year high inflation by flooding the financial system with cash.