Germany Says China EVs Probe Will Have High Burden of Proof
- Scholz adviser signals Berlin’s backing for EU investigation
- Carmakers are concerned about a damaging tit-for-tat dispute
Charging stations outside a dealership in Shanghai.
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Germany expressed its support for the European Union’s anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles while making it clear that the burden of proof will be “very high” if the investigation is to lead to concrete action.
“It’s very natural that if we are embracing the key elements of free trade, we all have to play by the rules,” Joerg Kukies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s chief economic adviser, said Friday at an Atlantic Council forum in Berlin.