Another blow to China's economy.
“The European Union imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese electric cars on July 4, as expected. To be more precise: the EU turned on the meter. From July 5 until November, the protective duties will accrue, but importers will not have to pay them, only guarantee that they will remit the full amount accrued if Brussels and Beijing fail to find a mutually acceptable compromise by then. An intensive search for such a compromise has been underway since June 22 and will continue after the current conditional imposition of duties, both sides immediately emphasized. So this is not yet a full-scale trade war with hard-to-predict economic and political consequences, but only a preparation for it. A warning shot.”
What does that mean ? It means that China will incur additional costs, for one of the largest sectors of the economy, as China's auto industry is a purely subsidized segment, which Beijing has been supporting, for “comfortable expansion” in the world market. As the real estate market continues to collapse, it looks like China's auto industry will follow. And this is overproduction, production freeze, unemployment, burden on the budget, growth of expenditures....