TL;DR: The 3 main signs of overcapacity (capacity utilization rates, inventory levels, and profit margins) for China are all at similar rates as the US, indicating they are not in overcapacity. And they aren't even selling them at a lower price abroad than at home to beat competition; it's the opposite. He concludes that China is simply getting too efficient at manufacturing these days and the US is starting to struggle to compete with that, and this is just them trying to convince China to slow down.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 7 months ago

Even if there was overcapacity, if you're trying to tackle climate change you should be throwing all your resources at creating and installing solar cells and batteries everywhere until there's no fossil power generation left.

If the US is worried about domestic industry, they can shift some of the subsidies they give to oil companies to domestic green industry.