The Spanish premier’s comments raise the prospect that national leaders could try to muster enough support to block the European Commission’s effort to impose drastic restrictions on Chinese EV imports. Such a move would represent a dramatic reversal for EU trade chiefs in Brussels and their supporters like French President Emmanuel Macron, who have been calling for urgent action to prevent European manufacturers being overwhelmed by state-subsidized competition from China.
The European Union should reexamine its plan to impose additional tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said during a visit to the Asian nation, underlining simmering EU divisions over the trade measure.
“I have to be blunt and frank with you that we need to reconsider — all of us, not only member states but also the Commission — our position towards this movement,” Sanchez told reporters Wednesday in Kunshan, China, following a four-day trip in which he met with President Xi Jinping.
