欧盟考虑对中国化工和工业机械进口采取保障措施
EU open to creating ‘kill switch’ weapon to kick Chinese firms out of market
欧盟领导人讨论将化工和工业机械列为优先保护行业,并考虑通过保障措施应对中国进口。相关措施可能包括进口配额和关税,风力涡轮机行业也在讨论中被提及;欧盟正通过监测机制评估这些行业的进口变化。
Chemicals and industrial machinery were identified as the top priority industries the EU needs to shield against Chinese imports during a meeting between the EU’s top leaders in Brussels on Thursday.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the bloc’s 27 member states that the EU should consider quickly introducing safeguard measures, which can involve import quotas and tariffs, to shield these sectors from a wave of cut-price alternatives from China, according to people familiar with the discussion.
Her motion was endorsed by influential member states, including France, Germany, Belgium and Denmark, while the wind turbine industry was also mentioned during the debate as one that needs intervention to alleviate pressure from Chinese imports, one of the people said.
The bloc is currently running the numbers on these sectors using a monitoring mechanism it created to identify surges in imports.
来源:南华早报 · scmp.com