Chinese exporters have to dump their goods into the EU as they lose access to the American market
I've seen you say this a couple times, and it makes me wonder: why can't the EU do the same tariffs/protectionism (which the US is doing right now) to prevent their green industries from being crushed? The Europeans seem to have expressed their willingness to suffer economically (Nordstream) to deal with a perceived military threat in Russia, so I'd think that their elites would be able to force the population to suffer the price increases that would come from placing higher tariffs on China (especially for the green energy industries you mentioned). The phrase "have to dump" makes it seem like Europeans have no choice in the matter even though they are the buyers here. They also seemed ideologically primed to accept any cost that would come from aggressive economic action against China, due to the anti-China hysteria that has been cultivated in the west for years.
Maybe it's a similar situation as in the US, where tariffs were ostensibly to protect and promote local industry, but the country is too deindustrialized and overpaid for it to actually work.
Thanks for the long and detailed response!