Is China’s High-Tech ‘Overproduction’ Killing Jobs In The West? | When Titans Clash | Full Episode

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Published 2024-06-07
Some EU and US leaders have accused China of overcapacity, and dumping electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries on the global market, at artificially low prices. The fear is that this will lead US & EU companies to go bust. China has hit back, saying that there is no overcapacity in its 3 clean tech industries, and accusing some of these countries of being protectionist.

Who is right? Are we about to see a trade war erupt between EU and China, similar to what we had seen between the US and China?

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0:00 Introduction
02:49 Protests against China steel exports
05:27 Western leaders on overcapacity problem
08:21 Comparative Advantage
09:04 As China exports, US loses millions of jobs
11:16 The impending second China shock
15:55 BYD ascends
18:05 The history of China’s electric vehicle dreams
22:30 China pushes back against overcapacity accusation
23:30 Auto industry in Europe cuts jobs
25:15 A trade war between Europe and China?
27:33 Solar in China
31:04 US solar makers go bankrupt
33:09 Trump’s solar tariffs
36:26 China’s Ambassador to USA responds
36:55 China exports to the Global South
39:38 How did China dominate battery industry?
42:30 The role of state planning
44:42 China’s moment of reckoning

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All Comments (21)
  • @yuppyhoo
    The US has an overcapacity of weapons. 😂
  • @brighthorse6981
    This reminds me of the Sino-British trade before 1840. Britain couldn't win over China in silk, porcelain and tea, so it started dumping drugs on China. When China started to ban drugs, the British used cannons to force China to buy their products. So Westerners are very experienced in fair trade.
  • @rifqiaji5031
    when you win : "free trade" when you lose : "that's cheating"
  • @meow4619
    Blaming China is much much easier than improving yourself.🤣
  • @kayipchan832
    Why they didn't blame China in the past decades when Chinese was doing hard and dirty work to produce low-end but yet cheap products?
  • @ben8718
    All countries have overcapacity, that's why you export stuff...
  • @jdk9374
    US and Europe never complained when they dominated car sales in China
  • @LuvLuvBear
    When did Asia complain when the US was the factory of the world? I remember a time when the US exported anything from towels, beddings, and garments to luxury hi-fi equipment and cars. Those were also the years the US pushed for free trade and the abolition of tariffs. Asia didn't complain, but happily bought those goods, admired the US for its industrial prowess, and simply hoped that one day, Asia could do the same.
  • @kallangbahru
    China’s ruling class learned from the painful lessons of the “Century of Humiliation”. At each juncture, China missed out of the past Industrial Revolutions. Hence, modernity was out of reach and it rendered the nation backward and weak. Chinese are basically hardworking and are fast learners with an average IQ of 105 and above (among the highest globally). Given a conducive environment and the right policies, Chinese tech can really take off and surge ahead. “Agricultural China” had been the leading economy for millennia and now “Industrial China” will take the world by storm. You simply cannot pull down a hardworking and innovative people. Period.
  • @morbid747
    China's EV export is 15 percent of it's output while Germany , Japan and South Korea export 50 to 80 percent of their output. Overcapacity ?
  • @jbs8009
    Cheap won’t sell but cheap with quality will.
  • @zoomzoom3186
    We cheat lie and steal but when we are loosing we cry.
  • @Bodie-Boy
    When you have to tariff and ban your competitors products cause they're better and cheaper, you've already lost.
  • @jinsoonchin5205
    US and EUROPE Auto Sale have been dominanting China market for a long time, but China has never said about Western overcapacity.
  • @gbrown9694
    Germany sanctioning itself by buying overpriced fuel from the US instead of cheap Russian oil hasn't helped the situation.
  • The truth of the matter is, for the past 30 years America was investing in a global war of terror. While China and Asia countries were in vesting in technology and production of essential goods. Blaming China would not solve the problem, making structural changes in your investment will.