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Wasn’t there some recent news about imposing tariff on electric car imports? The EU may argue that’s because Chinese cars are made with more CO2 emissions than
by dsign 2y ago
Wasn’t there some recent news about imposing tariff on electric car imports? The EU may argue that’s because Chinese cars are made with more CO2 emissions than EU cars (which is an argument that will force honest politicians to look at the spreadsheet). But the US is being less cynical and saying that it is to protect the local industry…
- wcoenen 2y agoThe tariffs for Chinese EVs happened in the US (increased from 25% to 100%), not in the EU.[1] The CO2 thing is something that is done in France to put conditions on local subsidies for EV purchases, it's not about import tariffs.[2] The EU does have an ongoing investigation which may result in tariffs, but it is focusing on subsidies in China that would cause unfair competition. EU car manufacturers don't seem to be in favor of tariffs though.[3] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-69004520 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-69004520 [2] https://www.asiafinancial.com/frances-green-ev-push-cuts-china-made-cars-from-subsidies https://www.asiafinancial.com/frances-green-ev-push-cuts-chi... [3] https://www.dw.com/en/eu-china-ev-tariffs-german-carmakers-fear-backlash/a-69171441 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-china-ev-tariffs-german-carmakers-f...