Is China producing too much? US ’overcapacity’ accusations: new tactic in economic war

Washington accuses China of producing too many goods and demands “free market“ policies. But the US government is spending trillions on industrial policy to protect its own manufacturing sector. Ben Norton details the hypocrisy of the “overcapacity“ allegations: the latest strategy in the US economic war on China. Topics 0:00 Intro 1:00 Chinese ’overcapacity’ allegations 3:38 Janet Yellen 5:21 US vows to ’slow down China’s rate of innovation’ 8:02 Elon Musk begs for tariffs on Chinese EVs 10:40 US wants China to be economically subordinated 12:27 US tech war on China 14:39 Western industrial policy 16:31 Protectionism 18:38 US Inflation Reduction Act 20:12 US Chips Act 22:03 US undercapacity is the real problem 25:11 BYD has just 1.5% of EU EV market share 27:04 China’s car exports vs Japan & South Korea 30:37 Is overcapacity a problem? 32:39 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at Patreon: Podcast: Newsletter: