‘They said tariffs were for business: Business said “Don’t do that”’

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‘Why on earth are tariffs necessary?’ Hungary’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó has criticized the European Commission for its attitude to competition from the Chinese automotive industry.  #Hungary #EU #EVs

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00:00When it comes to the tax or tariffs being imposed on the Chinese electromobility industry,

00:08we have raised the question to the Commission why on earth this measure is necessary.

00:13They have referred to their willingness to protect the representatives of the European

00:18automotive industry. Then we talked to the biggest representatives and the strongest

00:22representatives of the European industry, which said, please don't do that. It's against our

00:28interest. Don't do that, you know. So then what's the reason? There's no rational reason,

00:32only ideological, only political, why the European Commission has made this measure.

00:36And that can be, you know, killing to the competitiveness of the European economy again.

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