Electric VehicleTariff Negotiations

China firmly opposed the European Union’s approval of the final ruling to slap import duties on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and will continue to negotiate with the EU side to resolve the issue, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday.

Representatives from EU member states voted to approve the final ruling on the EU anti-subsidy case presented by the European Commission,the executive arm of the 27-nation EU, which proposes the imposition of anti-subsidy duties on EVs imported from China.

China’s position on the EU’s anti-subsidy case against China’s EVs is consistent and clear. China firmly opposes the EU’s unfair, unjustifiable and irrational protectionist approaches, as well as the EU’s imposition of anti-subsidy duties on Chinese EVs, the spokesperson said in the statement.