US discussed 'overcapacity' in Chinese solar manufacturing

11/5/2024 6:18

        The United States and China discussed Chinese overcapacity in solar and battery manufacturing, steel production and coal power during two days of bilateral meetings on climate change, senior State Department officials said on Friday.
        
        Top U.S. climate change diplomat John Podesta met Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin for their first formal bilateral meetings on May 8 and 9 in Washington, where they discussed how to work together ahead of the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, as well as how to cooperate on methane reduction and deforestation, among other issues.
        
        A senior State Department official said during the meetings says, the U.S. made clear that China's flooding of global markets with cheap solar panels and coal undercuts clean energy manufacturing in other countries.