Yellen Says Nothing Off Table in Response to China Overcapacity

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US wouldn’t take “anything off the table” in response to China’s manufacturing capacity, including the possibility of additional tariffs to stem what she has described as a flood of cheap goods into the US market.

“We’re concerned about the possibility of surges in Chinese exports to our markets in areas where they have a great deal of overcapacity,” Yellen said on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS. “I’ve been very clear in my discussions with them that this is a concern not only to us, but also to other countries, to Europe, to Japan, and ...