The EU countries supported the decision of the European Commission (EC) to introduce tariffs on imports of Chinese electric cars, which sets the EU's policy of waging a trade war with China.
„Today (October 4), the decision of the European Commission to introduce final duties on the import of Chinese electric vehicles received the necessary support from the EU countries”, the press service of the EC announced.
At the same time, according to AFP agency sources, only 10 of the 27 EU countries voted for the Commission's initiative, including France and Italy. Germany and four other countries opposed, fearing a full-scale trade war with Beijing, and 12 abstained. At the same time, the countries did not support the European Commission's intention to increase tariffs to 45% of the price of Chinese cars, but fixed the ceiling of possible tariffs at 35%. This is 10% higher than the current provisional duties.