American scholar debunks "overcapacity" claim

STORY: American scholar debunks "overcapacity" claim SHOOTING DATE: May 16, 2024 DATELINE: May 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEF GREGORY MAHONEY, Professor of politics at East China Normal University 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOSEF GREGORY MAHONEY, Professor of politics at East China Normal University STORYLINE: Recently, American politicians and the media have fabricated a theory claiming overcapacity in China's new energy industry Washington on Tuesday imposed new tariffs on Chinese products including electric vehicles (EVs) An American professor said the protectionist move is unfounded and worrisome SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEF GREGORY MAHONEY, Professor of politics at East China Normal University "Now there's no evidence that dumping has taken place, at least not in the EV industry, which is one of the key industries that the U.S. is really targeting in China. So why do we have this narrative, why do we have a narrative

UN official debunks debt trap narrative in Africa

STORY: UN official debunks debt trap narrative in Africa DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nairobi streets 2. various of the meeting between Kenyan president and UN officials 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): REBECA GRYNSPAN, UNCTAD secretary-general 4. various of UNCTAD and Kenyan officials 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): REBECA GRYNSPAN, UNCTAD secretary-general 6. various of Nairobi streets STORYLINE: A United Nations official has debunked the debt trap narrative in Africa. Rebeca Grynspan, secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), said in a recent interview with Xinhua in Nairobi that "all the countries that have gone through the development path had debt problems in one way or the other." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): REBECA GRYNSPAN, UNCTAD secretary-general "I really don't agree at all. All the countries that have gone through the development path had debt problems in one way or the other. You know t