China's electric vehicle makers face uphill battle in Europe – DW – 06/11/2024
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China has been accused of dumping cheap electric cars on EU countries. But poor sales, price wars and tariff threats have prompted a mood change among some Chinese auto producers.

China has been accused of dumping cheap electric cars on EU countries. But poor sales, price wars and tariff threats have prompted a mood change among some Chinese auto producers.

European policymakers warned a few months ago that the continent was being flooded with cheap Chinese electric vehicles. They accused Beijing of backing major production overcapacity to allow China’s automakers to grow their share of the global EV market.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, launched an anti-subsidy probe into the oversupply issue late last year and warned China’s EV makers that they could face a new import tariff to offset what Brussels said was unfair competition for European carmakers.

The United States is due to levy a 100% import tax on Chinese-made electric cars, up from the current 25%, which will effectively keep Chinese automakers out of the US market. The EU currently levies a 10% tariff.

  • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
    73·
    5 months ago

    The point is that the Chinese EV’s are being heavily subsidized. But we shouldn’t trade with countries that lack labor protections and unions anyway.

    • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      We’re talking about the same country that blocked railroad workers from striking for daring to request paid sick leave… Right? Under socialist principles, technically the government should enforce a standard for worker care such that individual unions don’t need to negotiate with their company - dictatorship of the proletariat and all that. We can debate as to whether that system works, but the lack of unions does not mean a lack of labour protections.

      For example, China mandates giving a minimum paid sick leave of 3 months.

    • Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      5 months ago

      All Chinese companies, public or private, are required to have worker democracy. They have better required benefits than I do in the US, including maternity care, sick time, overtime pay, and a lower retirement age. If you support not trading with the US and India at all, I will acknowledge your consistency, but it seems to me that it’s likely you’re operating off of outdated information.

      • yeahiknow3@lemmings.worldEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        China has an authoritarian capitalist system with more billionaires than the US. They install nets in factories to prevent workers from committing suicide. Wtf?