Goldman Sachs has predicted that the ride-hailing market will grow eightfold by 2030 to five times the current taxi market.

Trade between the two nations grew eightfold last year.

The local economy has grown eightfold over the past five years, while the population has swollen almost 20 per cent.

China's solar shipments to Europe grew eightfold from 2006 to 2009, the USW complaint says, faster than the rise in overall European demand.