EU and China reach preliminary deal to curb Chinese hybrid vehicle exports
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The European Union and China reached a preliminary understanding aimed at reducing Chinese exports of hybrids and plug-in hybrids to the 27-member bloc after two days of trade talks in Beijing.
EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said Friday that the arrangement could cut projected Chinese hybrid exports to the EU by more than half over four years, preventing the shipment of several million vehicles. He cautioned that it was a first step and said the outcome still required approval in Brussels, where EU leaders are due to discuss it at an upcoming summit.
China’s Commerce Ministry described the talks as pragmatic and productive and said the sides reached consensus on 16 trade issues. Its statement confirmed an understanding on hybrid vehicles but gave few details about how exports would be moderated. It also said negotiations would continue on reducing tariffs and creating minimum-price arrangements that could allow Chinese electric vehicles to enter the EU at lower tariff rates.
The talks also covered Chinese export controls on rare earths and permanent magnets. Beijing said it was willing to continue fast-tracking export licenses for rare earth mineral exports to Europe. Šefčovič also said China agreed to reduce duties on about €4 billion worth of EU products, including car parts, olive oil and footwear.
The negotiations were intended to address a widening EU trade deficit with China and rising European concern about rapidly growing Chinese vehicle shipments. The two sides agreed to maintain contact through a video conference in January and another meeting in March.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs small corrections to match the sourced descriptions of the vehicle category, EV tariff negotiations and rare-earth license language. - "reducing Chinese exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles": Sources say the deal concerns hybrid cars including plug-in hybrids; 'hybrid and plug-in hybrid' is imprecise but not material alone, however later source descriptions include electric/plug-in hybrid, so corrected to match the quoted source language. - "It also said negotiations would continue on minimum-price arrangements that could allow Chinese electric vehicles to enter the EU at lower tariff rates.": SCMP says negotiations would continue on reducing tariffs and creating minimum price deals; the story omits reducing tariffs and frames minimum-price arrangements alone as allowing lower duty rates. - "Beijing said it was willing to continue fast-tracking export licenses for European customers.": SCMP says Beijing was willing to continue fast-tracking licenses for rare earth mineral exports to Europe; 'European customers' is not in the source.
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EU and China reach preliminary deal to curb Chinese hybrid vehicle exports
The European Union and China reached a preliminary understanding aimed at reducing Chinese exports of hybridhybrids and plug-in hybrid vehicleshybrids to the 27-member bloc after two days of trade talks in Beijing.
EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said Friday that the arrangement could cut projected Chinese hybrid exports to the EU by more than half over four years, preventing the shipment of several million vehicles. He cautioned that it was a first step and said the outcome still required approval in Brussels, where EU leaders are due to discuss it at an upcoming summit.
China’s Commerce Ministry described the talks as pragmatic and productive and said the sides reached consensus on 16 trade issues. Its statement confirmed an understanding on hybrid vehicles but gave few details about how exports would be moderated. It also said negotiations would continue on reducing tariffs and creating minimum-price arrangements that could allow Chinese electric vehicles to enter the EU at lower tariff rates.
The talks also covered Chinese export controls on rare earths and permanent magnets. Beijing said it was willing to continue fast-tracking export licenses for Europeanrare customers.earth mineral exports to Europe. Šefčovič also said China agreed to reduce duties on about €4 billion worth of EU products, including car parts, olive oil and footwear.
The negotiations were intended to address a widening EU trade deficit with China and rising European concern about rapidly growing Chinese vehicle shipments. The two sides agreed to maintain contact through a video conference in January and another meeting in March.
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