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World Service,01 Aug 2023,49 mins

Why falling prices are troubling China

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A slow comeback from Covid has added to China's economic strain, but it's bucking the trend when it comes to global inflation. As an export ban on Chinese rare minerals comes into effect, we explore the impact it could have on the global chip industry. Host Roger Hearing is joined by Fermín Koop in Argentina and Kimberly Adams from Marketplace in the US. (Picture: Customers at a supermarket in Qingzhou, Shandong province, China. Credit: Getty Images).

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