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As the European Union hikes tariffs on Chinese e-vehicles over what it sees as unfair subsidies by Beijing, former trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström says in an exclusive interview with DW that China is clearly not playing fair. But she warns that subsidies mean higher prices and also possible retaliation.

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[TienyeeTien]

China is not playing fair? Didn’t Germany just subsidize their car manufacturers 110 billion EUR? US bailed out their GM 13.4 billion in 2008 with another 4 billion available in 2009.

[silafaupaulmeredith]

China subsidizes both its domestic producers as well as foreign producers such as Tesla. How is that unfair when China has already pledged globally to be carbon neutral by 2060 in which the west again complaint that China was not meeting EU target of 2050. China exports 20% of its EV output whilst Germany exports 70% of its auto industry output Who is over capacity
US and EU subsidize both Boeing and Airbus along with military contracts
From my perspective in the global south this is just purely double standards

[jdc]

The ex trade commissioner said European should subsidize its auto industry, lol, how ironic.

[LukaB-jh]

If i was China I would put tariffs on german car brands selling in China. Its not fair that they can sell massive amounts in china (30-40% of their sales are made in china) yet at the same time china isnt allowed to fairly sell in the EU

[jongmeyo]

Her lies through her mouth is clearly visible her expression says it.
Such a silly excuse to hide their inability to compete...

[iRiShNFT]

Europe's car market is subsidized also, does that make it not fair ? We subsidize much more than the car manufacturers .
If going electric was really about "saving the planet" then you would be happy that the Chinese government was going to subsidize our transition to renewables but instead we are putting massive tariffs on wind turbines, solar panels and electric cars from China.

[sydca]

She just took hypocrisy to a new level.

[GeliCarlosJ]

Doesn't Germany subsidize their car industry too? Doesn't the US bail out theirs whenever needed?

Tf is the difference

[belincentgidke]

Don't we all have emissions targets and shouldn't't governments be subsidizing the transition?

[martinbebow]

Tariffs are just a political tool to make it look like a politician is doing something when in fact they are just making things worse

[tommyplussunnyful]

The Australia government used to subside its domestic car maker -Holden, but that company still went out of business.

[laidragon]

How is it not fair? Do you know how much more expensive German cars compared with other countries!

[robertcoll]

Why doesnt the EU just subsidize EV development too? Its not as confusing as its made out to be.

[noyanali]

It is not fair??? But when you were earning billions in China, was fair??😂

[how]

Hypocrites at best. It's good when you are the one flooding the market, and not the other way round.

[DanielMarcos-le]

Is it just me who thinks its contradictory to accuse the Chinese gov of subsidizing its EV market while same time stating you will have to subsidize your citizens & companies to ramp up EV usage & build out EV charging infrastructure through out the country. US has already been subsidizing their companies for years, not too sure about EU

[derekfoust]

First, we want to save the environment. Someone has worked hard to give us green vehicles so that we can save the environment. I don’t see anybody working so hard on that. Everyone else was just sitting around while China was working. It’s just like: We have a calculus test next Monday. Then we party and drink until Sunday. When the test comes on Monday, we say, “China is not fair because she studied the whole week and we were just partying and drinking until Sunday night.”

[rok]

One has to wonder how a person that says such nonsense as “we will tell them (the Chinese) to behave“ was able to get high political appointment in EU bureaucracy.

[jianyang]

did EU play fair in ICE age? no subsites at all?

[DLG]

Title should be...EU's anti-competitive true nature.