European politicians are discussing higher tariffs for Chinese electric cars. Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius is calling for the exact opposite. In an interview with the Financial Times, Kallenius called on the EU Commission to lower the current tariffs on imported EVs from China. The EU currently imposes a ten percent tariff on imports of Chinese EVs. Chinese companies looking to export to Europe was a „natural progression of competition and it needs to be met with better product, better technology, more agility,“ Kallenius said, adding that protectionism is „going the wrong way.“