China Is Producing More Than Its Own Economy Can Absorb
China has built an industrial system capable of producing far more manufactured goods than its increasingly cautious consumers can absorb. The resulting export surge is lowering prices, intensifying trade tensions and reshaping competition across Europe, emerging markets and global commodity markets.
ET&A Research · 1 September 2026
For decades, one of the defining features of China’s economic rise was its ability to manufacture at extraordinary scale.
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