Germany’s Habeck Lands in China for Talks as EV Tariffs Loom (1)

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/COUN%20DE%20ECO","_id":"00000190-48a7-d497-a7fb-ecafac1f0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">German Vice Chancellor <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"00000190-48a7-d497-a7fb-ecafac1f0001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Robert Habeck arrived in Beijing for talks with top leaders in the world’s No. 2 economy, with looming European tariffs on Chinese electric cars high on his agenda.

Habeck will sit down with Commerce Minister <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"00000190-48a7-d497-a7fb-ecafac200000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Wang Wentao and other officials during his three-day trip. He is the first senior European official to visit China since the bloc announced its plan this month for levies as <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SEYVUWT0G1KW","_id":"00000190-48a7-d497-a7fb-ecafac200002","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">high as 48%on EVs shipped from the Asian nation.

As one of Europe’s leading economies and its biggest car producer, Germany is in a “special situation” in the current trade tensions, ...