Ditching of Chinese subsidies unlikely to rein in exports

China’s decision to scrap its export subsidy programme will do little to help overcome huge surpluses of aluminium and steel, or to allay concerns about it dumping excess production on world markets, despite whatever politically-symbolic significance the deal may have had.

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