Panel: "China Squeeze": Is it the new "China Threat" narrative?

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  The United States is reportedly considering an additional 7.5% tariff

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  on Chinese imports over what it calls overcapacity.

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  China has voiced firm opposition, calling the move a typical act of unilateralism

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  and protectionism that politicizes trade issues.

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  This comes as discussions in some Western media and policy circles have promoted the idea of a so-called China squeeze,

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  arguing that China's manufacturing strength is limiting industrialization opportunities for developing economies.

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  So is the so-called China squeeze simply a recycled version of the China threat?

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  Does the West really worry about the global South?

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  Or is this just another zero-sum approach aimed at containing China's rise?

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  And as tariffs, export controls,

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  and other trade restrictions continue to pile up, are we sliding deeper into protectionism?

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  Hello and welcome to the panel discussion of World Today.

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  I'm Do Hongyu in Beijing.

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  Now joining us for the discussion are Warwick Powell, Androct Professor at Queensland University of Technology,

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  Professor Zhang Gong with the University of International Business and Economics,

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  and Li Luan, Assistant Professor of Economics at Peking University.

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  Thank you very much, gentlemen.

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  First of all, let's go to Professor Powell.

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