The European Commission has announced it will level provisional duties on Chinese EVs, which will range from 17.4% to over 38%. There have been mixed responses so far, with German car manufacturers saying Chinese responses could cause more harm than the new tariffs are meant to protect. So, what’s the consideration behind the EU’s tariff wall? Will the tariffs be able to prevent European consumers’ access to high-quality, low-price Chinese EVs? And what are the likely countermeasures from the Chinese side to protect its interests?

Guests in this edition of Dialogue are Fang Dongkui, secretary general of the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU; Dr. Elvire Fabry, senior research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute; Prof. Max Otte, investor and entrepreneur; and Prof. John Gong from the University of International Business & Economics.