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[global times report] according to bloomberg on september 11, german chancellor scholz joined spanish prime minister sanchez in calling on the european union to reconsider its plan to impose additional tariffs on chinese electric vehicles.

it is reported that sanchez ended his four-day official visit to china on september 11. during an interview with the media in kunshan on the same day, he was asked about the eu's additional tariffs on chinese electric vehicles. sanchez said: "i must be frank and say that all of us - not only eu member states, but also the european commission - need to reconsider this decision."

bloomberg reported that in response to sanchez's remarks, german federal government spokesman steffen hebstrakte welcomed spain's move, saying "this is our common direction forward."

the report said that sanchez's remarks surprised some eu officials because sanchez rarely disagrees with the eu. the report mentioned that before commenting on the tariff issue, sanchez also said on the 11th, "one of the main goals of my visit is to attract chinese investment in the spanish electric vehicle industry and establish a supply chain in spain."

according to bloomberg, after the eu's tariff plan was announced last year, scholz expressed opposition to excluding chinese electric vehicles. he said in an interview with bloomberg, "we want to sell our cars everywhere, including europe, north america, japan, china, africa, south america. but this means we are also willing to buy cars from other countries."

the report said that in addition to germany and spain, sweden is also skeptical of the eu's position. swedish prime minister ulf kristersson also warned against taking a tough stance on trade with china. he said in may that the eu should not "undermine global trade" and that "a wider trade war, blocking each other's products, is not a way out for industrial countries like germany and sweden."

according to cctv news, on august 20, the european commission disclosed to relevant parties the draft decision on the final anti-subsidy tax on pure electric vehicles imported from china. the proposed tax rates were slightly adjusted - byd is 17.0%; geely is 19.3%; saic group is 36.3%; other partner companies are 21.3%; all other non-partner companies are 36.3%. at the same time, it was decided to impose a separate tariff rate on tesla as a chinese exporter, which is currently set at 9%; the european commission also decided not to retroactively impose anti-subsidy taxes.

a spokesperson for china's ministry of commerce said on september 10 that since the eu announced the launch of an anti-subsidy investigation on chinese electric vehicles, the chinese government and the industry have been committed to properly resolving the issue through dialogue and consultation. on august 20, the european commission released a pre-final ruling disclosure. although we cannot agree with or accept the final ruling disclosure, we still maintain our utmost sincerity and hope to work hard to resolve frictions through dialogue and consultation and seek a solution acceptable to both sides. on september 9, vice minister of commerce li fei and his delegation held talks with director general of the european commission's directorate-general for trade, weyand, in brussels, belgium, and once again expressed to the european side the hope that dialogue and consultation will properly resolve china-eu economic and trade frictions and reasonably take care of each other's concerns.

the spokesperson of the ministry of commerce said that the anti-subsidy case on electric vehicles is complex and has a wide impact. it is challenging for china and the eu to reach an agreement through consultations. however, china believes that as long as the eu shows sincerity and moves towards each other, the concerns of both sides can be resolved through consultations. china is willing to continue to work closely with the eu 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, so as to promote the healthy and stable development of china-eu economic and trade relations.