Following Beijing's refusal, the European Commission is considering, according to the FT, the activation of temporary containment measures...
The China rejected the request of the European Union to limit voluntarily the export of hybrid cars To the European market, according to reports from Financial Times (FT) on 7/10, which invoke two diplomatic sources.
In mid-September, the newspaper had reported that Brussels proposed in Beijing the imposition of a voluntary about 15%, in an attempt to prevent the escalation of trade confrontation.
The initiative was preceded by talks to be launched in China on 8 October. European Trade Commissioner and Economic Security, Maroš Šefčovič.
According to the report, Šefčovič sought to secure at least one specific commitment to limit the rapidly increasing Chinese trade surplus towards the EU, before Brussels resorted to stricter trade measures.
Following Beijing's refusal, the European Commission is examining, according to the FT, the activating interim measures The Commission's proposal for a Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound power level.
These measures could be implemented even without prior proof serious market disturbance and lead to the imposition of new, high additional duties on certain Chinese export categories cars.
Sources of the newspaper have argued that European car manufacturers are under increasing pressure from mass influx of cheaper Chinese In addition, the Commission considers that there is a need to improve the quality of the information society.
According to FT, Chinese hybrid cars now represent more than a third of the relevant market in the EU, while Brussels seeks this indicator to be limited to around 15%.
Although these vehicles are already subject to Import duty 10% THE European Union, imports of Chinese hybrids increased by thirteen times between October 2024 and July 2026 — from about 3,800 to 50,000 vehicles per month — At the same time their average selling price declined.
Στις 16 Σεπτεμβρίου, μιλώντας στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, η πρόεδρος της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής Ursula von der Leyen δήλωσε ότι το εμπορικό έλλειμμα της ΕΕ με την Κίνα ανέρχεται σε περίπου EUR 1 billion ημερησίως. Χαρακτήρισε την κατάσταση ως «κρίσιμο σημείο», κάνοντας παράλληλα λόγο για την εμφάνιση ενός «δεύτερου κινεζικού σοκ» για την ευρωπαϊκή οικονομία.
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