Okay, here’s the part I don’t understand:
China is aware that its investments can be a bargaining chip for member states to bring down their trade barriers. At the same time, setting up in the EU would be a way of avoiding tariffs, if they end up being confirmed: cars would have the “produced in the EU” stamp, leaving behind added value, employment and the transfer of knowledge.
Could the EU not just put restrictions on Chinese-owned car companies regardless of where the factory might be located?
Then why the tariff?
If that was all it was about, I doubt all the Western car companies would have been pushing so hard for the tariff.
Do you have a source claiming western car companies are pushing for tariffs on Chinese EVs?
VW and BMW chiefs warn on EU’s China EV tariffs amid falling profits
