Car imports are a major hot-button issue in the already fraught trade relationship between the EU and China. The electric vehicles market is accelerating , while the EU appears directionless, swerving between green policies and demands to protect national industries.
Trade tensions between China and the European Union have entered a new phase as Beijing moves to impose provisional tariffs on selected European dairy products.
While the EU is hoping to resolve a trade dispute with China over critical raw materials – like lithium, cobalt, nickel, and other rare earth elements – it is already looking to diversify its supply and boost its in-house extraction and production. Which EU member states are in the crosshairs?
Four out of five products identified as potentially problematic originated from China. With only 82 items checked per million, the European Commission is calling on member states to increase their inspection efforts.
Although China and the EU drew closer at a summit in Beijing last month, trade disputes over electric vehicles, dairy, pork and brandy are dragging on.