Gaishi Automobile News On October 4, representatives of EU member states voted to pass the draft final ruling on the EU electric vehicle countervailing case submitted by the European Commission, proposing to impose a final countervailing duty on electric vehicles originating in China.
In response, China’s Ministry of Commerce responded: China firmly opposes the EU’s imposition of countervailing duties on China’s electric vehicles.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce of China said that China’s position on the EU’s anti-subsidy case against China for electric vehicles is consistent and clear.
China firmly opposes the EU’s unfair, non-compliant and unreasonable protectionist practices in this case, and resolutely opposes the EU’s imposition of countervailing duties on China’s electric vehicles.
China’s electric vehicles adhere to market leadership and are based on full competition.
Through continuous independent innovation, they have increased the high-quality supply of green public goods in the world and made important contributions to the global response to climate change.
The EU’s protectionist practices seriously violate WTO rules and interfere with the normal international trade order.
They not only hinder China-EU trade and investment cooperation and delay the EU’s own green transformation process, but will also affect global joint efforts to deal with climate change.
China implements the consensus reached by the leaders of both sides, always proceeds from safeguarding the overall situation of China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, and always upholds the greatest sincerity of properly handling differences through dialogue and consultation.
Since the end of June, China and the EU have conducted more than ten departmental technical consultations and two vice-ministerial consultations on the electric vehicle countervailing case.
On September 19, Minister Wang Wentao and Executive Vice Chairman and Trade Commissioner Dombrovskis of the European Commission held comprehensive, in-depth and constructive talks.
The two sides clearly expressed their political will to resolve differences through consultations and unanimously agreed to start price commitment consultations to avoid escalating trade frictions.
In the short 14 days since then, the China-EU technical teams have held six rounds of technical consultations.
China has repeatedly and fully listened to the demands and opinions of the China-EU industry.
During the consultation, it has demonstrated an open and cooperative attitude and demonstrated maximum flexibility.
, China firmly opposes the European side’s draft final ruling, but also notes that the European side has expressed its political will to continue to resolve issues through negotiations.
China-EU technical teams will continue negotiations on October 7.
China hopes that the EU will clearly realize that imposing tariffs will not solve any problem, but will only shake and hinder the confidence and determination of China companies in investment and cooperation with Europe.
China urges the EU to truly demonstrate practical actions to implement political will and return to the right track of resolving trade frictions through consultations.
China will also take all measures to firmly safeguard the interests of China enterprises.
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