EU says information from three Chinese EV makers insufficient
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The European Commission has warned three Chinese electric vehicle makers that they have not supplied sufficient information for its anti-subsidy investigation, according to two people familiar with the case.

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Warnings of this kind occur frequently in EU trade defence cases. Indeed, for all 10 past anti-subsidy cases against China for which measures are still in place, the Commission used such “facts available” to fill in certain gaps.

The companies -BYD, SAIC and Geely- have been given the right to respond to the warning.

The Commission, which oversees trade policy in the 27-nation European Union, launched an investigation in October into whether battery electric vehicles manufactured in China were receiving distortive subsidies and warranted extra tariffs.

The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) said earlier this month that the investigation was stacked against Chinese manufacturers.

The investigation, officially launched on 4 October, can last up to 13 months. The Commission can impose provisional anti-subsidy duties nine months after the start of the probe.

  •  taanegl   ( @taanegl@beehaw.org ) 
    1•19 days ago

    It’s funny, but also sad, because if Samsung or Sharp didn’t get subsidized by the South Korean and Japanese governments respectively, then we wouldn’t have the AMOLED displays we have today…

    I mean we would have probably had it, but now those are “monopoly-by-default” situation, which is something the west frowns upon, unless they manage to do it entirely through a private sector. Then monopoly by default is just fine.

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: fucking neo-liberals.

    Also, American states legislating against EV’s the past decade and a half is the height of gun-to-foot policy.