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China’s green exports still strong despite trade tensions

China’s green technology exports accelerated in year-on-year terms in September and were close to record high levels. Despite the risks to exports from new rare earth controls and tariffs, the former appears narrow in scope and won’t affect downstream products like electric vehicles. Meanwhile, a potential tariff-induced hit to exports destined to the US could be offset by redirected flows to Europe and Asia.

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