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It looks like exports from China are about 20% of GDP: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
by philipkglass 8y ago
It looks like exports from China are about 20% of GDP:
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
It's possible but does not seem particularly likely that exports are more than 2.5x as GHG-intensive as the rest of the Chinese economy; that's what would be required for Chinese exports to account for the majority of Chinese GHG emissions.
"They're just giving buyers what they demand" is not a good reason to shift blame from American corporate polluters to the consumers that buy their products. I don't see why export-oriented Chinese corporations should face less criticism for the same pollution. Both the benefits (increased market share) and the detriments (increased pollution) come from the same decisions these companies make about using dirty cheap energy.