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China To Import Record Amount Of US Ethane As Iran War Chokes Off Naphtha, LPG Supplies
China To Import Record Amount Of US Ethane As Iran War Chokes Off Naphtha, LPG Supplies
One year ago, in the immediate aftermath of Trump's Liberation Day tariffs, there was a flurry of discussion over who is more reliant on whom: the US on Chinese rare earth materials, or China on US ethane output (see "Chinese Plastics Factories Face Mass Closure As US Ethane Supply Evaporates" and "Who Blinks First? China May Exempt Tariffs On US Ethane & Other Goods"). Following the detente in the US-China trade war, that discussion was...
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