{"id":384243,"date":"2024-08-20T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T10:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/08\/20\/lieve-ribasso-ue-dazi-auto-elettrica-cina\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T15:54:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T13:54:40","slug":"eu-moves-forward-on-chinese-ev-duties-but-with-a-slight-downward-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/08\/20\/eu-moves-forward-on-chinese-ev-duties-but-with-a-slight-downward-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"EU moves forward on Chinese EV duties, but with a slight downward shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – The EU will push forward\u00a0with tariffs against China’s electric cars, but to a slightly lesser extent<\/strong>. The European Commission corrected downward<\/a>\u00a0the duties announced on July 4\u00a0against battery-powered vehicles produced in the Asian country. The\u00a0EU executive set additional costs of\u00a0between 17 percent and 36.3 percent<\/strong> to the selling price of cars in Europe that would contribute to the Green Deal and the sustainability strategy so dear to the von der Leyen team.<\/p>\n

Nothing changes apart from the amount of the duty, which is to be added to the 10 percent already in place and which, in any case, the EU still does not want to collect as long as it remains within the provisional nature of the trade defense instrument. There is time until the end of October to find an amicable solution with Beijing. T<\/strong>hen, from the beginning of November, the duties will\u00a0be introduced permanently (five years), and a trade war with the People’s Republic can begin.<\/p>\n

“No final policy decision<\/strong> has been made,” stressed Olof Gill<\/strong>, spokesman for the Commission responsible for trade issues. “This is a technical and intermediate step” in the proceedings initiated to shed light on China’s production and competition policies.<\/p>\n