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China’s 1 trillion yuan EV, solar and battery exports face overcapacity concerns as US, EU anxieties grow

• Beijing has already recognised overcapacity as a major challenge for 2024, with US and European Union anti-dumping probes and tariffs disrupting trade
• But analysts say that China’s trade frictions are also tied to the economic challenges that it is struggling with at home

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Published: 6:00am, 24 Feb, 2024

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China’s 1 trillion yuan (US$139 billion) exports of electric vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells could face a new round of challenges this year, as Western policymakers have reflected “genuine anxieties” about overcapacity distorting their markets.

Legal action and tariff increases by the United States and European Union against a perceived oversupply of cheap products could set back a critical segment of the world’s second-largest economy, unless China diversifies away from the West and also boosts domestic demand, analysts said.

Chinese perspective, interesting timing. Hope they finally curtail some domestic production to support prices