Electric cars from China: Wissing rejects higher tariffs
There are politicians in the EU who are calling for higher tariffs on electric cars from China. Germany's Federal Minister of Transport Wissing rejects this.
So far, the MG4 has been the exception rather than the rule in one respect: most of the electric cars with which Chinese manufacturers are competing in Europe are in the upper price segment.
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So far, there has been no sign of a flood of battery electric cars from China on the European market. However, some politicians are concerned that this could soon change. French President Emmanuel Macron is one of those in favor of the idea of imposing additional tariffs on cars from China. Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) rejects this.
Wissing: "We have to be globally competitive"
He is counting on European manufacturers to come up with better products. "We don't want to seal off the market, we want to compete," Wissing said in the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspapers, promoting his view of the situation. The German government has an interest in ensuring that German companies continue to generate added value in Germany and remain competitive in global trade. "That is why we want international trade that takes place in a fair and uniform competitive environment and not a trade war through punitive tariffs."
This is essential for a country like Germany, which relies heavily on global trade. "We produce for the whole world, and we want to continue to do so in the future. In terms of the quality of our products, we are in an excellent position internationally," says Wissing. The EU is currently conducting an anti-subsidy investigation into electric cars produced in China and is considering imposing higher tariffs.
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