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China Takes Out the Trash

Chris Brooks
For a country notorious for its lack of environmental resolve, China is sure putting a large stamp on the movement with its aptly named Operation Green Fence program. Nowhere is that stamp felt more than on the largest segment of U.S. containerized exports to the Asian manufacturing giant: scrap paper, metals and plastics.
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China Begins Investigation of European Wine Imports
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China has launched an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into wines imported from the European Union, Xinhua reports.
 
EU to Impose Tariffs on Solar Panels Imported From China
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