Europe drought drives demand for Chinese water-saving goods as EU trade tensions grow

After the intense European heatwave beginning in late May fuelled a surge in imports of Chinese air conditioners, drought across the continent is now driving unexpected overseas demand for Chinese-made water-saving hardware. In Yiwu – a city in eastern China’s Zhejiang province known as the world’s small-goods capital – Liu Junming has spent more than two decades exporting kitchen and bathroom hardware. He said exports of taps and showerheads had risen unusually sharply this summer. Taps bound..