BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and China have agreed to hold further technical negotiations shortly on possible alternatives to tariffs on China-built electric vehicles, the European Commission said on Friday.
“The principals agreed that further technical negotiations would take place shortly”, the Commission said after a video call EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis and Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao.
Last week, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the EU wants a level playing field with China on car tariffs and that it is negotiating with Beijing mechanisms such as price commitments or investments in Europe as an alternative to tariffs.
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop, Writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)
