A few days ago, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in his annual "EU address" that he would launch a countervailing duty investigation into Chinese electric vehicles, explaining that the move was to insulate the EU itself from Chinese automakers.
Because in her view, the reason why Chinese electric vehicles have a sales advantage in Europe is that China "subsidizes" them. In other words, von der Leyen believes that China's electric vehicle price is preferential because it has received subsidies.
This statement is not only refuted by China, but also bluntly said that this move is a typical protectionist act that will have a negative impact on the global automobile production and supply chain, and even the EU's own person Germany, has also voiced dissatisfaction.
European Commission President von der Leyen
Recently, German Economy Minister Habeck pointed out in the EU's countervailing investigation of Chinese electric vehicles when attending relevant geopolitical and economic forums that German automakers are worried that the EU's move will allow China to take countermeasures.
Moreover, Habeck admitted in public that Germany and France were at odds on this matter. France is more supportive of the countervailing duty investigation, but Germany's attitude is very different, and Germany's own development makes it very sensitive to the EU's move.
Referring to the current rapid development of electric vehicles in China, Habeck said that Germany sells a lot of cars to China, but now this has become a bit difficult, Chinese smart and they know how to make electric cars.
To put it bluntly, the development of electric vehicles in China has made Chinese consumers have more choices, and even the products of Chinese companies are better, more cost-effective, and more favored by Chinese consumers. Against this background, German cars are naturally even more difficult to sell.
German Minister of Economics Habeck
As for the EU's countervailing duty investigation, Habeck not only stressed his fear of Chinese countervailing measures, but also pointed out that France and the EU supported it because they had vested interests in the decision.
The reason is that French auto companies have not sold much in China, which can be said to be much lower than Germany, so even if the EU launches a countervailing duty investigation of Chinese cars, France's losses are small, and Germany is the biggest "wronged leader".
On the one hand, Germany needs to bear the increasing competition of German cars in the Chinese market, and on the other hand, it must also worry about whether China will take countermeasures to this end.
But even if Germany knows that the EU's countervailing duty investigation will have a great impact on Germany's automobile development industry, based on some realities, Germany cannot change this restriction, and can only make a little request from Germany.
German Chancellor Scholz
German Chancellor Scholz said the EU's investigation of China's electric vehicles must respect "very high standards" and that the relevant "threshold of evidence and proof is very high".
Although many German companies have spoken out one after another, emphasizing that trade protectionism and the final result of the tariff war will only be a lose-lose situation, the EU has made up its mind to attack China's electric vehicles.
In this regard, the Chinese side that picked you up also responded. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the EU should start from the overall situation and the stability of the global production and supply chain, start a dialogue with China, and create a fair market for the development of electric vehicles in China and Europe.
To put it bluntly, China has reminded the EU more than once that the EU's own interests will also be affected by discriminatory measures against China's electric vehicles, and Germany's attitude is the best interpretation.
European Union
However, despite serious internal differences and the current slump in the global economy, the EU still wants to attack China in this area, which is clear that the EU's move contains strong political overtones.
To be honest, from the perspective of the EU's own development interests, it is clear that maintaining stable cooperation with China is the most correct way, at least it should not frequently attack China. EU-China cooperation is mutually beneficial and even more important for the EU.
Not only the development of the economic field, but also directly related to the autonomy of the EU. In other words, although the EU has a huge influence in the international community, it is inevitably influenced by the United States.
This has led to the development of the EU itself, which seems to be at the forefront of the world, but in fact it is restricted everywhere and has to bear the harvest from the United States. To a certain extent, cooperation with China can balance the influence from the United States.
The United States and its allies
However, judging from the current situation, although some EU countries are still shouting about strategic autonomy, they are actually deeply shackled by the United States, or the EU is not determined to achieve strategic autonomy at all.
Whether in the economic field or in other fields, in general, the EU is still following the pace of the United States. According to the current development trend of the EU, it can only be said that it is hoped that the EU will not gradually become a dependency of the United States.
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