norwegian prime minister answers the paper: norway is not a member of the european union and will not unilaterally impose sanctions on chinese electric vehicles
2024-09-12
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"norway is not a member of the european union and we do not have a common trade policy (with the eu). therefore, norway will not impose sanctions unilaterally (on chinese electric vehicles)." on september 11, norwegian prime minister støre, who was on an official visit to china, told the paper (www.thepaper.cn) while attending an event in shanghai.
at the invitation of premier li qiang, steller visited china from september 9 to 11. 2024 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and norway. steller's visit is an opportunity to confirm the important relationship between the two countries and further strengthen cooperation in priority areas, such as green transformation.
norwegian prime minister støre was interviewed by the paper and other media in shanghai
on august 20, the european commission released a preliminary disclosure of the final ruling on the anti-subsidy investigation of electric vehicles from china, proposing to impose a five-year anti-subsidy tax of 17% to 36.3% on pure electric vehicles produced in china by china and the european union. according to the website of the ministry of commerce of china on september 10, the spokesperson of the ministry of commerce said that although we cannot agree with or accept the disclosure of the final ruling, we still maintain the utmost sincerity and hope to work hard to resolve frictions through dialogue and consultation and seek a solution acceptable to both sides. china is willing to continue to work closely with the european side to strive to reach a solution that is in the common interests of both sides and in line with wto rules as soon as possible, and promote the healthy and stable development of china-eu economic and trade relations.
on september 11, steller also revealed that he told china that the questions raised by the eu should be answered because "there are some questions about subsidies and the way cars are produced" and "china should take this opportunity to answer these questions."
in norway, electric vehicles have a huge market. xinhua news agency cited statistics released by the norwegian road federation in january this year, showing that electric vehicles accounted for 82.4% of new car sales in norway in 2023, an increase of 3.1 percentage points from 2022, and electric vehicles continued to dominate the norwegian new car market. lianhe zaobao reported earlier this month that new statistics showed that in august this year, electric vehicle sales in norway accounted for 94% of the market share, setting a new world record.
in addition, according to statistics, nearly 127,000 new cars were sold in norway last year, of which 104,600 were electric vehicles. volvo, mg, polestar, byd and other car brands are among the top 20 in sales. the economic information daily reported that chen wenlin, the economic and commercial counselor of the chinese embassy in norway, introduced that there are currently nearly 10 chinese new energy vehicle companies in norway. the best-selling ones are volvo, polestar, mg and other chinese brands with european "bloodlines", and hongqi and weilai are gradually increasing their market share. he believes that unlike some eu countries such as germany and france, norway has no local car companies, and its policies on green development and addressing climate change are consistent with china, which has created conditions for chinese brand new energy vehicles to have equal opportunities to compete in the norwegian market.
according to xinhua news agency, on the afternoon of september 9, president xi jinping met with norwegian prime minister støre, who was on an official visit to china, at the diaoyutai state guesthouse in beijing and stressed that the economies of china and norway are highly complementary and have achieved fruitful results in cooperation in various fields. the two sides can combine their respective advantages to continuously expand practical cooperation in the fields of green environmental protection, energy transformation, maritime shipping, agricultural and fishery products, electric vehicles, etc. støre also said that norway looks forward to expanding cooperation with china, especially in the fields of green development, climate change response, maritime shipping, agriculture and fishery, new energy vehicles, artificial intelligence, etc.
the paper reporter zhu runyu and chen rui
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