China is « highly concerned » and « strongly dissatisfied » with the European Union (EU) leadership’s announcement to launch an anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles, said a spokesperson with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Thursday.
China believes that the investigation proposed by the EU is a practice of pure « protectionism, » the spokesperson said, adding that the probe is, in essence, to protect the EU’s own industry in the name of « fair competition. »
The probe will seriously disrupt and distort global automotive industrial and supply chains, including those in the EU, and it will have a negative impact on China-EU economic and trade relations, the spokesperson said.
