Smoke billows from a steel factory in Wu’an, Hebei province, China. Photo: Reuters
Smoke billows from a steel factory in Wu’an, Hebei province, China. Photo: Reuters

Environment becomes a trade-war victim as China ramps up industrial production to offset economic slowdown caused by commerce conflict

  • A rise in activity of dirty industries is a ‘smokestack stimulus’, part of a ‘desperate effort to keep GDP humming along’, says CLSA analyst