梅赛德斯-奔驰首席执行官朱利安·特里茨（Neale Fennell）在周三的一份声明中强调：“欧盟应与中方进行协商而非单方面加征关税。”他补充指出，“如德国政府投反对票，则将发出避免贸易争端的信号，有助于平息此事。”
宝马首席执行官哈里森·库伦修斯（H Henrik Kullekens）也在本周早些时候的声明中表达了类似观点：“若无益于任何人”。他继续说道：“德方政府应明确立场。”
据知情人士透露，德国官员周二表示，德国政府将选择弃权，而非投票反对这一提案。而根据德国政府的计划和目前情况分析，有大量欧盟成员国预计将跟随德国采取相同行动。这意味着在周五正式表决时阻止实施高关税的可能性降低。
德国此前已表明，期待通过欧盟与中国的会谈来寻求解决方案，以期达成谈判结果。
此外，德国总理奥拉夫·施泰因迈尔（Olaf Scholz）和法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙将在本周三会面，讨论关于中国对电动汽车征收高额关税的问题。
欧洲委员会在经过调查后提出加征关税建议，该调查指出中国在电动车产业上存在不公平补贴。德国汽车制造商普遍反对这一行动，因为他们担心如果采取反制措施，则可能威胁到他们在最大的市场——中国的业务发展。
宝马首席执行官亨里克·库德（Oliver Zipse）在近期的公开呼吁中强调了开放市场的必要性，并多次表达了对于与中国的潜在贸易冲突的担忧。
新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Mercedes, BMW Urge Germany to Vote Against China EV Tariffs
新闻日期：2024-10-02
原文摘要：
and are pressing Berlin to vote against imposing significantly higher European Union tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles as German carmakers push to avoid a spat with their most important market.“The EU should seek a negotiated solution with China instead of imposing tariffs,” Mercedes-Benz Chief Executive Officer said in a statement Wednesday. A ‘no’ vote from the German government would be a signal of this and would help avoid a trade conflict, he added.“Additional tariffs harm globally active companies in this country and could provoke a trade dispute from which no one gains,” BMW Chief Executive Officer said in an earlier statement Wednesday. “The German government should therefore take a clear position.”EU member states are preparing to vote Friday on imposing definitive tariffs as high as 45% on imported EVs made in China. It would take a qualified majority — 15 member states representing 65% of the bloc’s population — to block the tariffs.German officials Tuesday that the government plans to abstain, rather than vote against it. It also expects a significant number of EU member states to join its abstention, according to people familiar with the government’s thinking, which could make it more difficult to block implementation of the tariffs. More broadly, Germany has made clear it hopes for a negotiated solution in ongoing talks between the EU and China.Read more: German Chancellor and French President are expected to discuss the tariffs in Berlin on Wednesday.The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, proposed the levies after a probe found that China unfairly subsidizes its EV industry. German car manufacturers have broadly rejected the tariffs, which they say could threaten sales in their biggest car market China if the country retaliates with counter-measures. Källenius has calls for open markets in the past months, with CEO repeatedly voicing concerns about a potential trade spat with China.
