EU Says ‘Significant’ Gaps Remain With China in EV Tariff Negotiations

Published on October 25, 2024

The European Union said on Oct. 25 that there are still “significant remaining gaps” in negotiations aimed at avoiding high tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) made in China, which are due to take effect next week. The EU’s trade chief, Valdis Dombrovskis, held a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, on Oct. 25, as part of the ongoing discussion to address Brussels’s concerns over subsidized EVs imported from China, according to the European Commission. “The principals took stock of the progress made during eight technical negotiating rounds, as well as significant remaining gaps,” a readout of the video call states. They “agreed that further technical negotiations would take place shortly.”...

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