Duties and Chinese vehicles, Brussels postpones till after the elections | EUROtoday

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Nothing on tariffs for Chinese electrical vehicles earlier than the elections. The European Commission plans to postpone the choice till after the June 6-9 elections to resume the European Parliament, a supply informed Reuters.

The provisional tariffs, which have been resulting from be introduced by June 5, would have come as a shock, with billions in new prices for Chinese electrical automobile makers.

The delay is aimed toward preserving the difficulty exterior the election marketing campaign section, revealed the Spiegel journal, which first reported the information. The supply informed Reuters that the brand new deadline might be as early as June 10, the day after the election outcomes are revealed, however a European Commission spokesperson stated the date had not but been confirmed.

The investigation, formally launched on October 4, can last as long as 13 months. The Commission could impose provisional duties in opposition to Beijing's billions in subsidies beginning 9 months after the investigation started.

The Commission has already warned three Chinese electrical automobile producers who didn’t present adequate data for the anti-subsidy investigation.