China urges EU to properly handle trade frictions

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China on Thursday urged the EU to properly handle trade frictions and avoid harming their cooperation and mutual trust.

The remarks were made by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian in response to the European Commission's plan to impose temporary tariffs of up to 38.1 percent on battery electric vehicles (BEV) imported from China from July 4.

The commission announced the plan on Wednesday as the conclusion of its ongoing investigation. Major European car companies, including Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Strandis, have spoken out against the plan.

"We urge the EU to seriously listen to these objective and rational voices, immediately correct the wrong practices, stop politicizing economic and trade issues, properly deal with economic and trade frictions through dialogue and consultation, and avoid damaging mutual trust, dialogue and cooperation between China and the EU," said Lin.

The Chinese spokesperson also criticized the EU's investigation as "a typical act of protectionism," which ignores the objective facts, disregards the rules of the WTO, runs counter to the trend of history and benefits no one.

Lin said China will resolutely take all necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of its BEV enterprises.

(Cover: A view of the Chinese Foreign Ministry headquarters. /CFP)