To complicate things further, some security experts have warned that Chinese-made vehicles could be used as surveillance tools, or as a source of mass disruption in a crisis. “The car could be switched off by the manufacturer,” says Richard Dearlove, former head of the British intelligence agency MI6. “How many cars would it take to block circulation … Read More
Volvo, the Swedish luxury brand owned by China’s Geely, started building the EX30 in China, and said last year it would expand production of the small electric SUV to a plant in Belgium beginning 2025. Volvo had previously said it would begin selling the EX30 in the United States later this year, but a spokesperson … Read More
Chinese-made electric cars will leverage on their low cost structures and extend their market share in Europe despite the EU’s punitive tariffs of up to 38 per cent, and any moderation in the trade dispute would be the icing on the cake for the world’s largest car exporting country. Read the article.
Well, he was very interested, and the people at that time were very interested in building infrastructure, in using protection — tariff protection, sounds familiar — to get industries to move and to develop in the United States after moving from the United Kingdom, which was then the leader, and he was actually quite interested … Read More
Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the idea of imposing an “all tariff policy” that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax, sources in a private meeting with the Republican presidential candidate told CNBC. Trump, in the meeting with GOP lawmakers at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C., also … Read More
Like them or not, tariffs, quotas, and tax incentives to keep manufacturers invested locally, are now a tool that Democratic and Republican Presidents are using. The WSJ called tariffs a “tool of geopolitics”. If trade was remotely free (it’s not), or fair (it isn’t), none of these tools would be required. If the U.S. wants … Read More
US President Joe Biden is stepping up tariffs on products from China in response to what American officials call unfair trade practices. After a review of the increased tariffs his predecessor, Donald Trump, imposed on Chinese imports, the Biden administration said in May that it would maintain those and add more of its own. Both administrations have justified the moves by … Read More
In 2023, the Department of Commerce determined that Chinese solar was making its way into the US duty-free, despite tariffs on imports from the country. Instead, Chinese producers would route their modules through Southeast Asia, which traded freely with the US. Since the the moratorium was lifted on Thursday, two major Chinese solar companies announced … Read More
Volvo cars has started to shift production of Chinese-made electric vehicles to Belgium in the expectation that the European Union will drive ahead with a crackdown on Beijing-subsidised imports, the Times reported on Saturday. Volvo, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely, was considering halting sales of Chinese-built EVs bound for Europe if tariffs were introduced, … Read More
Graphite has become the latest resource to cause trade tensions between the US and China, with Washington putting pressure on EV and battery makers to build a new non-Chinese supply chain for graphite anodes, a crucial component in electric vehicle batteries. The US trade representative has announced that 25 per cent tariffs on natural and … Read More
