{"id":153022,"date":"2026-06-16T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153022"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:30:06","slug":"china-overcapacity-is-a-smokescreen-for-western-protectionismunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153022","title":{"rendered":"China \u2018overcapacity\u2019 is a smokescreen for Western protectionismUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post\u201cOvercapacity\u201d has become the buzzword in Washington and Brussels. American and European policymakers insist China churns out far more steel, electric vehicles and green technology than it can absorb, flooding the world with subsidised goods.<br \/>\nYet the economic data tells a different story: of double standards, protectionist impulses and a habit of moving the goalposts.<br \/>\nStart with steel. Western officials point to China\u2019s massive output as proof of distortion. But China official data puts the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3356907\/china-overcapacity-smokescreen-western-protectionism?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post\u201cOvercapacity\u201d has become the buzzword in Washington and Brussels. American and European policymakers insist China churns out far more steel, electric&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153022"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}