Chinese air conditioners are in hot demand in Europe as heat wave sends temperatures soaring

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Despite trade tensions, many of the air conditioners being snapped up by sweaty European customers are made in China, which accounts for about 40% of global exports.

A woman works at an air conditioner plant in Wuhan, China, in 2024.Shepherd Zhou / Future Publishing via Getty Images file

July 5, 2026, 5:46 AM EDT

By Janis Mackey Frayer, Dawn Liu, Erin Tan and Jennifer Jett

BEIJING — Trade tensions between China and Europe are heating up, even as Europeans turn to China for help cooling down.

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