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Louise Bodet and Hadrien Bect receive Alain Guillemolesdeputy head of the newspaper’s international department The CrossAnd José-Manuel Lamarquejournalist and writer specializing in European issues.
Should Europe’s borders be closed to Chinese electric cars? the question divides Europeans. The 27 member states have until the end of the month to maintain – or not – a surcharge imposed this summer on Chinese exports.
Chinese electric cars are not yet very numerous on our streets, but China, which is the world’s leading automobile exporting country, has a clear objective: to flood our market and kill European competition. The Chinese authorities directly subsidize their companies: this is called unfair competition.
On the European Union side, the Brussels commission is proposing to tax imports of Chinese electric cars up to 36% for five years.