Spain’s PM urges EU to drop proposed tariffs on Chinese-made EVs • FRANCE 24 English

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As the EU prepares to impose additional, heavy tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars, Spain’s prime minister has called on both sides to find a compromise to avoid a trade war. Pedro Sanchez made the comments during a trip to Beijing where he met President Xi Jinping. Plus, the British government says it has reached a new, improved deal with Tata Steel for the thousands of workers at the Port Talbot Steelworks who are set to be made redundant soon. 

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  1. Washington Regime has been known to manipulate economic data for years,
    jobless data and inflation data are not worth the paper they published on.

    Just ask any american, are they seeing lower prices or are they suffering severe cutbacks in spending??

    They are doing this interest rate cut to help Kamala election.

  2. Stay far far away from the Chinese.

  3. Please trade goods, stop trade politics.

  4. Biden must impose sanctions on Germany and Spain for not complying with EU/US tariffs on CCP cars..

  5. Chinese gives subsidies to companies that want to innovate. EU give bailouts to companies that failed.

  6. Spain voted for tariff against Chinese EV. It's stabbing Chinese at the back while begging China no reciprocal tariff.

  7. Kenya is for African Kenyans. India, get out. India should first develop their slum country.

  8. The EU will need to follow the Americans or else. Or else what? they will leave the continent and then you will have to deal with Russia alone. Wise up. Follow suit or fallout.

  9. Get ready for world recession

  10. EU should be renamed to AU

  11. EU is really a joke, is it representing European or American interest?

  12. Spain is definitely much smarter than Canada who is crying now over the Canola oil spilt 😂

  13. Both Germany and Spain, the 1st and 2nd largest auto manufacturers in the EU, are urging the EU to drop the tariffs. So who are the tariffs protecting, the United States? The EU seems to always put the interests of the US above the EU.

  14. The EU should be dissolved.

  15. China to install 100% on all agricultural products,. Should ban them altogether

  16. Canada put 100% tariff on China EV basically banning them
    Trudeau says China dumping over supply yet Chinese buy 80 % of the cars they make and don’t even sell in Canada ?
    80 % of the autos made in Canada are exported out of country 🤔
    Trudeau says China subsidizes their EV companies yet Trudeau gave 46 billion in free money to American,European and Japanese car makers ?
    Trudeau appears totally confused

  17. Heavily subsidized is western narrative because China gets CHEAP energy from Russia elsewhere NATO energy is rising thru the roof We dont mind getting CHEAP China EV

  18. I have lot of pork in my backyard 😂😂 I can sell it to china

  19. Yeah, my pork is not selling 😂😂

  20. china subsidize their EV companys so that EU cousumers can save their money, how sweet

  21. what happened to globalisation?

  22. These western media makes no sense when it comes to flaming China. You don’t resolve an economic slump by giving money to local car manufacturers so they can sell subsidized cars in another country.

  23. Spain didn't have to vote for the tariff. Is this another one of those after the fact lip service. Just like how the Europeans murdered most of the native Americans, Canadians and Australians and then say they are sorry about it 100 years later.

  24. The host said China has excessive subsidies for their EV. Compared to EU or America, who subsidises many things at d perfect rate? 😂

  25. Beijing isnt dumb 😂 they know Sanchez was just paying lip service to get something for Spain, but Spain votes for tariffs

  26. Raise tariffs higher!!!

  27. China is solving their air pollution problem from using West EU ICE cars.
    Make own EV cars is only choice where the West and Japanese still keep producing ICE cars doesn't go well with China mission to clean up their air carbon pollution.

  28. EV cars is a failing market anyway. People are losing interest in EVs. Hydrogen cars are the way of the future.

  29. Spain to China : Tarrif is not my idea. This is France's idea.

  30. Buy evs.. Not nesseserily chinese or wa cko elon musks, that's an option too.

  31. Europe has become American puppet 🤦🏻‍♂️

  32. Trade is a mutually beneficial way of doing business. There are gains and losses. If you set up trade barriers just because you can’t compete, both sides will lose in a trade war! For example, the EU has promoted the development of electric vehicles in Europe through tariffs on electric vehicles. Who can you sell them to? The US market, the Chinese market, or the Japanese market?

  33. Quit EU , Join BRICS

  34. Competition is good. This trade war with China will not end well for the EU.

  35. Spain, Germany and Norway don't agree with big brother USA…they will pay a price I heard.

  36. What happened to the new Green deal and moving towards a carbon free environment?

  37. 😱😱😱😂😂😂❤❤❤WOW OH MY GOD BLESS CHINA AND SPAIN

  38. I don’t know why the USA keep safe guarding that weak continent who fails to understand that China value is incompatible , China will dominate EU economy , I want Trump to win and pull out of weak China Europe blindness

  39. There are a lot of divergences within Europe on the issue of China.

  40. Eu can sell products. To China. But Chinese products can't sell to eu. Wake up eu. Chinese are way smarter than you

  41. Really incredible how fast facts and evidence are thrown out the window when talking about china

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