USTR excess capacity testimony emphasizes Chinese conduct; defends Europe, Japan
By Zack Budryk ( May 5, 2026, 22:35 GMT | Insight) -- Witnesses singled out the Chinese government during a hearing on the US Trade Representative’s dozens of excess structural capacity Section 301 investigations, but made scant mention of the other countries named and one witness explicitly said many of them should be excluded.Witnesses singled out the Chinese government at a Tuesday hearing on the US Trade Representative’s investigations into dozens countries over excess structural capacity in manufacturing. But they made scant mention of the other countries named, with one witness explicitly saying many of them should be excluded....
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