MNI BRIEF: EU Puts Onus On China For EV Deal

MNI (BRUSSELS) - The European Commission said Wednesday that the ball is firmly in China's court when it comes to finding a solution to their dispute over electric vehicle imports. "It's not up to the European Union to provide a solution it is up to the Chinese side to provide such a solution...," Trade Spokesperson Olof Gill said. 

Any solution would have to WTO compatible, address any injury caused to the EU domestic EV industry and be enforceable and monitorable, Gill reiterated. Gill said that negotiations are otherwise "ongoing" and that the EU remained "open" to a negotiated solution.  

EU tariffs on China-made EVs will come into force at the end of this month if no solution is found.   Talks between the two sides are focused on finding some kind of voluntary restraint on numbers and prices of EV exports to the EU. (see MNI BRIEF: EU States Back Tariffs On China EV Imports )