The German Automobile Industry Association Chairman Hilde Garde Mueller issued a statement that strongly opposed the EU’s tariffs on imported electric vehicles from China. Explosive adverse effects. Mueller warned that this move may exacerbate the risk of trade conflict and eventually damage the entire industry.
Therefore, in early October, Germany voted against the European Union’s tariffs on electric vehicles in China. The German automotive industry’s contribution to the German economy is about 5%, but it has always been plagued by weak demand in Europe and China. Mueller emphasized that trade disputes should be resolved through dialogue. She urged governments to take measures to enhance the international competitiveness of Germany as a production and exporter, promote market diversification, and encourage innovation to ensure that Germany continues to play a positive role on the global stage.
In addition, Mueller pointed out that levy tariffs will directly lead to higher costs when buying cars, which may hinder the popularization of electric vehicles. She called on all parties to continue to maintain the openness of negotiations and strive to seek solutions to eliminate additional tariffs through dialogue under the framework of the World Trade Organization. Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the German Automobile Research Center, said that German electric vehicles are difficult to sell in China, so strategy must be developed and produced electric vehicles in China, but now German car manufacturers are facing high tariffs, which has destroyed the German automotive industry. The scale economy.
Michel Bos, head of the International Department of Berlin Brandor Automobile Supplier Association, said that the European Union’s decision not only exacerbates trade disputes, but will eventually seriously damage global free trade, but also cannot solve the European automotive industry facing the European automobile industry. Strategic and structural issues. On the other hand, it certainly hinders the promotion of electric vehicles in Germany and Europe, which threatened the achievement of carbon emission reduction targets.
Prime Minister Slovakia said that he opposed to fighting a trade with China and increased taxes on Chinese electric vehicles, which would cause great damage to Europe itself. China’s electric vehicle leads Europe, and China’s advanced capacity can help Europe to increase productivity.
Austrian Automotive Expert Freitz: Derra pointed out that it was impossible to protect European auto manufacturers by improving tariffs on the door of China Electric Vehicles and could not eliminate the price advantage of Chinese electric vehicles.
Bo Yang Chukov, a former Bulgarian Prime Minister Foreign Policy Adviser and Secretary of the Security Commission, said that China ‘s increasing investment in promoting green transformation is an example worthy of imitation of other countries. The EU’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles are due to political needs. The United States regards China as its major economic competitors in the world and uses the EU as a tool for trade war with China.
Romanian economist Andrey Ledersku said that in the process of turning to the green and digital economy, the world needs Chinese electric vehicles. He believes that globalization based on multilateralism is the best solution for countries to integrate into the global economic cycle.
Liang Guoyong, a senior economist at the United Nations Trade Conference, told reporters that the European Union’s practice of improving tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles is not good for themselves. The implementation of protective and restrictive trade measures in the field of green products does not meet the economic interests of both imports and exports, nor is it conducive to the global international cooperation that develops a low -carbon economy and cope with climate change. EU consumers have to pay higher fees to buy electric vehicles from China and bear unnecessary losses.