EU-Chinese Tariff Talks Kick-Off: A Quest for Fair Trade

Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck announced that EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis confirmed upcoming tariff talks with China. This follows China's commerce ministry's statement about starting consultations over the EU's anti-subsidy probe on Chinese electric vehicles, aiming for a fair, subsidy-free global trade environment.

Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Saturday he had been informed by EU commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis that there would be concrete talks on tariffs with China.

The confirmation came after China's commerce ministry said its head Wang Wentao and Dombrovskis, executive vice president of the European Commission, had agreed to start consultations over the EU's anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

Habeck said in Shanghai that the goal was a level playing field between countries. It is good to be export-oriented, but not to use subsidies for that, he said.

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