US to Mull Action If China Overcapacity Found, Trade Envoy Says

President Donald Trump will be presented with options for action on China if US investigations determine that industrial overcapacity is influencing Chinese exports, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said.

“We’ll certainly be presenting the president with those options if those investigations show what we think they might show, which is that there’s a huge problem with overcapacity in China and other countries,” Greer said Sunday in an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation.

Trade was a focus when Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Trump for a summit last week, though both sides have released limited details on deals and ...