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Europe’s heatwave boosts demand for Chinese air conditioners

The surge comes as the European Union moves to restrict Chinese sales to narrow its trade deficit, highlighting tensions between consumer demand and trade policy.

A heatwave is driving unprecedented demand for Chinese air conditioners across Europe, according to SCMP Economy.

The outlet said the spike is occurring as Brussels seeks to narrow its record trade deficit with China through new restrictions, and observers view it as a contradiction between public demand and trade-policy rhetoric.

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