EU member states are likely to support the imposition of proposed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in November, according to the bloc’s trade chief.
Valdis Dombrovskis, the European commissioner for trade, said the 27 countries — who are often divided on China-related matters — would back measures to help the domestic auto industry compete with imports that he said received big subsidies from Beijing.
“It’s clear that member states realise the need to protect the EU’s car industry because this risk of injury is there. Chinese battery electric vehicle market share is growing very rapidly. That subsidisation is there,” he told the Financial Times.