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news Scmp World 2026-06-23

China's Overcapacity or US Inability to Adapt Fuels Global Trade Imbalances

A Chinese scholar argues that global trade imbalances are exacerbated by other nations' struggles to adapt to economic shifts, not solely by China's industrial overcapacity. The US is specifically mentioned as needing to adjust.

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