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原文地址：China, EU to Intensify Talks Ahead of EV Tariff Vote
新闻日期：2024-09-20
欧盟和中国将于下周三投票决定对中国电动汽车的关税幅度前加强谈判，但目前仍无实质性进展。在昨天的一场高级贸易官员会谈中，双方仅达成同意加强讨论。
英国和欧盟正在就去年为缓解英吉利海峡两岸贸易而达成的一项协议中的 parcel 发货问题进行谈判。欧盟委员会主席 Ursula von der Leyen 昨天提醒称，这场危机的最后期限是12月31日。如果没有解决，英国可能面临新的贸易限制。
法国总理 Édouard Philippe 与总统 Emmanuel Macron 会晤，以达成新一届政府协议。这场谈判持续了两个星期，目前仍无结果。
北约秘书长 Jens Stoltenberg 在昨天发表声明，呼吁盟国“大幅度增加”防务开支，并警告欧洲联盟不要建立北约替代方案。
预计的重要法案通过可能危及酒店竞争。 booking.com 的条款可能会使酒店无法在自己的网站上销售房间，限制平台对供应商的安排。
苹果公司收到了欧盟委员会的一份警告，要求其开放 iPhone 和 iPad 运行系统以避免罚款。公司有六个月时间进行改进。
德国政府已启动一项调查，以了解为什么在 Commerzbank 股票销售中无人预见 UniCredit 可能会购买整个 4.5% 的股份。
柏林附近的 Brandenburg 州即将举行选举，欧洲联盟总理 Olaf Scholz 的社民党面临来自 AfD 的挑战。我们的专栏报道了这一选举的关键因素。
拉脱维亚总统 Edgars Rinkevics 昨天呼吁北约增加东翼的防空能力，以应对俄罗斯无人机可能进入成员国领土的问题。本月，俄罗斯无人机已两次闯入拉脱维亚和罗马尼亚的领空，促使两国要求加强防御。
中欧正从历史上最严重的洪灾中恢复过来，面临的经济和政治成本日益增长。欧盟委员会主席 Ursula von der Leyen 昨天提醒称，将向该地区提供高达 10 亿欧元的援助款项。我们的报道详细介绍了波兰和捷克共和国如何应对这场灾难，该灾害导致超过 20 人遇难。
柴油进口量创下了近 1.5 年的新高，达到每天约 136 万桶。
原文摘要：
Welcome to the , Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.China is making a to convince Europe to drop tariffs on electric cars, but so far there is little to show for it. During a meeting between senior trade officials yesterday, the two sides only agreed to intensify discussions. The bloc is aiming to vote next Wednesday on whether to place tariffs of up to 50% on China-made EVs, although the date may slip. While duties might give European carmakers some breathing room, Europe is also risking retaliatory tariffs on its products. Against a backdrop of falling demand — especially in Germany, where the last month — carmakers are also asking Brussels to reconsider key climate targets. Highlighting the dire situation, late last night Mercedes-Benz issued a , citing rapid deterioration of its business in China. — Brexit Delays | The UK and EU are discussing whether on parcel deliveries from Great Britain to Northern Ireland that were agreed upon as part of a deal last year to ease trade across the Irish Sea. The openness suggests that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer may be making good on his pledge to improve EU relations.Negotiations | French Prime Minister Michel Barnier met with President Emmanuel Macron last night to propose a new government after two weeks of with rival political groups. Barnier’s office said the talks with the president were “constructive” and that the final makeup of his team would be announced by Sunday. Last Words | Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO chief who will pass the baton to Mark Rutte on Oct. 1, took a moment yesterday to reflect on his decade helming the alliance. He said allies need to “spend significantly more” on defense and warned the EU — which just named its first defense commissioner — against building NATO alternatives.Hotel Charges | Booking.com’s terms risk hurting competition by preventing hotels from on their own websites, according to a preliminary report from the EU’s top court. The finding is likely to have wider ramifications, and could make it harder for online platforms to impose restrictions on suppliers.Fine Alert | The EU warned Apple to its highly guarded iPhone and iPad operating systems to rival technologies, or eventually risk significant fines under the bloc’s flagship digital antitrust rules. The company has six months to comply.Bank Probe | The German government has launched an into its Commerzbank share sale, which allowed UniCredit to take a major stake in the lender. The chancellery is looking into why nobody involved seemed to anticipate the possibility of a strategic investor buying the entire 4.5% tranche of the German lender’s stock, we have been told.Musk Effect | Voters in the German state surrounding Berlin head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new regional government. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats have long ruled in the state of Brandenburg but their dominance is being tested by the far-right AfD, which is currently polling in first place. Read our piece on how are playing an outsize role in the election. Latvia’s Urge | Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkevics said NATO needs the ability to that stray into member states’ territory as part of a call for increased air defenses on the alliance’s eastern flank. This month, Russian drones veered into Latvian and Romanian airspace, prompting authorities to demand stronger defenses.Floods Damage | As central Europe recovers from its worst flooding in decades, attention is turning to the economic and political costs. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to provide the region with as much as €10 billion to cope with the aftermath. our story on how Poland and the Czech Republic are dealing with the disaster, which left more than 20 people dead. Diesel imports into the EU and the UK are to the highest rates in about 1 1/2 years in September — to about 1.36 million barrels a day. That’s the highest since April 2023, when Europe started drawing more on other regions for diesel following the bloc’s embargo on Russian fuels. The current bounce has also been helped by a rebound in shipments from the Middle East, offsetting a small dip in US flows. All times CET
