With the world going carbon neutral, green energy tech is big business – and despite being one of the world's major polluters, China is dominating the field.

The People's Republic was responsible for 88% of America's lithium-ion battery imports in the first quarter of 2023. The same year, American imports of solar panels skyrocketed 82%, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, with Chinese manufacturers making up 84% of the total. (It's worth noting that many of these Chinese-made solar panels were exported from countries in Southeast Asia).

America is far less dependent on China for wind turbines, which are subject to harsher tariffs. In contrast to solar panels, imports of turbine equipment from China have plummeted over the past few years.

The goods the West relies on China for, and what it’s doing to wean itself off