China has condemned Brussels’ investigation into its electric vehicles as trade protectionism and expects that Spain will be proactive in encouraging the European Union to engage in dialogue, while the Spanish side is also seeking opportunities for cooperation in vehicles and renewable energy between the two nations, according to its commerce ministry.
The European Union’s investigation of Chinese EVs in the name of “excessive production capacity” is typical trade protectionism, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao was reported as saying by the official Xinhua news agency on Tuesday.
“It’s not [a matter of] excess capacity but…