EU TARIFFS HIT GROWTH IN CHINA'S ELECTRIC CAR EXPORTS
NEWS Desk Global
The prospect of European tariffs cut 20-30 percentage points off China's growth in exports of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in recent months. Last week, the European Union introduced provisional tariffs of up to 37.6% on China-made electric vehicles (EVs) to safeguard against what it described as a potential flood of unfairly subsidised EVs - a move China strongly opposes.
The EU also took steps in March that meant tariffs could be imposed retroactively.
"New energy vehicle exports currently face temporary pressure," Cui Dongshu, secretary general at the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), said on Monday. New energy vehicles (NEVs) include electric cars and plug-in hybrids.
Comments