TOKYO -- Ethane prices in the U.S. have tumbled on expectations that Washington's restrictions on exports of the petrochemical feedstock to China will result in oversupply.
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Trade curbs on China send US ethane prices sliding
Licensing requirement for exporters may push Chinese buyers toward naphtha
China is a major buyer of American ethane, a natural gas derivative used to make plastics. © Reuters
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