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Beijing imposes steel export controls amid record export flows

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Beijing is poised to tamp down on record steel exports.
ICYDK: This year, Chinese steelmakers defied the odds to hit a record 100 million metric tons of exports across January-November.

That's triggering trade frictions and reportedly enabling widespread VAT evasion (Bloomberg).

On December 12, th...