EU tariffs on China not a punishment, says German minister


Beijing wants the European Union to scrap its preliminary tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles by July 4. - AFP

BEIJING: Proposed European Union (EU) tariffs on Chinese goods are not a “punishment”, says Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck.

Habeck said this on a first visit to China by a senior European official since Brussels proposed hefty duties on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) to combat what the EU considers excessive subsidies.

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