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european commission’s proposal to impose countervailing duties on chinese electric vehicles was approved

2024-10-04

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on october 4, local time, the european union held a vote on whether to impose a five-year countervailing duty on chinese electric vehicles. according to a statement issued by the european commission,the european commission's proposal to impose tariffs on imported pure electric vehicles from china received the necessary support from eu member states during the vote.

the statement said that the eu and china continue to work hard to explore alternative solutions that are fully consistent with wto regulations, can adequately address the harmful subsidies identified by the commission’s investigation, and are monitorable and enforceable.

the day before, german chancellor scholz told the outside world that germany would oppose the eu's new tariffs on chinese electric vehicles in a vote on the 4th. before the vote that day, hungarian prime minister orban said that the current eu economic strategy represents an "economic cold war."

on october 4 last year, the european commission launched a countervailing investigation into electric vehicles imported from china. on july 4 this year, it began to impose temporary countervailing duties on chinese electric vehicles. on august 20, the european union released the final draft of the anti-subsidy investigation into china's electric vehicles, indicating that it plans to impose countervailing duties of 17% to 36.3% on chinese electric vehicles. (headquarters reporter gu xin)