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As Yellen heads to Beijing, China worries that the U.S. is planning more tariffs on green tech

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

As U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen appeals to Chinese leaders to change their domestic manufacturing policies on the second day of an official visit, state media are receiving her message with skepticism, and anxiety about more U.S. tariffs on green energy products.

Yellen, who started her five-day visit in one of China’s major industrial and export hubs,

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