U.S. producers knew China would bring on the new, more-efficient plants, but they did not expect that country to continue running its smaller, less-efficient ones.
Although England did expect China to continue its smaller factories.
mnli hypothesis: Although England did expect China to continue its smaller factories. premise: U.S. producers knew China would bring on the new, more-efficient plants, but they did not expect that country to continue running its smaller, less-efficient ones.