Abstain or ‘no’: How Berlin • Table.Briefings

Unity for the picture – major disagreement on additional EU tariffs: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

This Friday, the long-awaited vote on additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles is due to take place. The decision reveals deep rifts between the EU member states. It is considered very likely that the tariffs will be passed – despite all the objections from Germany.

Ahead of the vote on additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, the dispute between the two largest EU states became apparent in Berlin. French President Emmanuel Macron used his appearance at the Berlin Global Dialogue in the German capital this week to campaign for the EU’s planned countervailing duties against Chinese car imports – however, the German government cannot warm to this course.

Abstain or ‘no’: How Berlin will vote on the EU’s additional tariffs

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