八点最热报 | 美国政府上个月宣布对中国电动车的进口关税，从25%调高到100%后，昨天轮到欧盟宣布，将对中国生产的电动车加征介于17%至38%的额外关税，预计会在7月4号开始实施，拉响了中欧贸易战警报。（主播：萧慧敏）
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00:30China's electric car exports at a very low price,
00:32has an unfair advantage in the European market,
00:35which further reduces the competitiveness of European car companies.
00:38However, the announcement of the increase in tariffs in the EU
00:40does not satisfy all member states.
00:43German Minister of Transport, Weixin,
00:45published an article on the X platform,
00:46saying that the EU's punitive tariffs
00:48are likely to hit German car companies.
00:51Because China is an important market for many German car manufacturers,
00:55as soon as the news came out,
00:56Volkswagen immediately issued a statement saying
00:59that the negative impact of the increase in tariffs
01:01greatly exceeds the benefits for German car manufacturers.
01:04Even German car manufacturers have warned that
01:07the EU's new tariffs on Chinese electric cars
01:10are likely to trigger retaliatory measures against China.
01:14The European Commission's initial ruling
01:18was that the Chinese electric car industry chain
01:21benefited from unfair subsidies from the Chinese government.
01:25This caused damage to electric car manufacturers in the EU.
01:28Therefore, Weixin revealed that
01:30the increase in tariffs on Chinese electric cars will be due to this.
01:34The provisional results of the ongoing investigation
01:38into the battery electric vehicles value chain in China.
01:43In particular, this value chain benefits from unfair subsidiarization,
01:50which is causing a threat of economic injury
01:54to EU battery electric vehicles producers.
01:57Margulies also revealed that
01:59the European Commission has contacted the Chinese authorities
02:01to discuss solutions to the problem.
02:03If the discussions with the Chinese authorities
02:05do not come up with an effective solution,
02:07the new tariffs are expected to be in effect from July 4.
02:11China has stated that
02:13it will not sit idly by on EU's unreasonable practices.
02:16This anti-subsidization investigation is a typical protectionist.
02:20This is the only way for the EU
02:22to increase tariffs on electric cars imported from China,
02:25violate market economic principles and international trade rules,
02:29damage the stability of China-EU trade cooperation
02:32and the global car industry chain,
02:35and ultimately damage the interests of Europe itself.