Chinese carmakers gear up European production to sidestep tariffs, import quota
trade_policy_tariffs_quotaEuropeSCMP20 Oct, 08:00 UTC
Context
Chinese carmakers, facing a European Union import quota targeting their hybrid electric vehicles (EVs), are gearing up for more local production to reinforce their go-global drive. They plan to either splash out billions of yuan to set up their own factories or tap international marques’ idle plants to build their vehicles, looking to sustain a sales boom in one of the world’s major automotive markets. “Global growth shifts from exporting vehicles to Europe to producing them locally, from...
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