Fast Technology reported on October 3 that as the European Union is about to vote on China’s electric vehicle tariff plan, BMW has joined the ranks of other German automakers and urged Germany to vote against it.
BMW CEO Oliver Zipse said in a statement on Wednesday that imposing additional tariffs would only harm companies operating globally and could trigger a trade dispute that no one would benefit.
The German government should take a clear position.
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, it is reported that EU member states are preparing to convene 27 member states to vote on October 4 to decide whether to extend the current temporary tariff to a permanent tariff for at least five years.
, If this tariff is to be stopped, it will need to obtain a negative vote from 15 member states (accounting for 65% of the EU population).
Otherwise, the EU will impose additional tariffs ranging from 7.
8% to 35.
3% on electric vehicles imported from China on top of the 10% standard automobile import tariff.
However, differences have also emerged within the EU on the issue of this tariff increase.
Germany, Spain and other countries have warned against imposing additional tariffs because it may trigger a “trade war”.
but Italy, Denmark and other countries support this measure.
Among them, German automakers generally reject the tariffs, saying that if China takes countermeasures, the tariffs may threaten sales in their largest auto market, China.
In the past few months, Mercedes-Benz CEO Kang Linsong has been calling for opening the market, and Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Bloom has repeatedly expressed concerns about possible trade disputes with China.
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