The EU imposes tariffs, and Japan will also impose sanctions on China. Within 24 hours, China will announce anti sanctions!

The EU's malice towards China has never subsided.

On June 12 local time, the European Commission issued a statement saying that from July 4, temporary tariffs of up to 38.1% will be imposed on China's imports of electric vehicles. This move aroused strong dissatisfaction in China. The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs directly stated that the EU's behavior was naked "trade protectionism", intended to create conflicts and escalate trade conflicts.

In fact, everyone knows that the EU's approach is aimed at China.

First of all, this set of review process is full of doubts. On the one hand, the main officials who promote the whole review are composed of a few pro American officials, such as the President of the European Commission, Frederick von der Ryan, which is mixed with clear political interests; On the other hand, the European Union's investigation of Chinese electric vehicles is not the appeal of the European car companies. Even after the Committee announced the sanctions against Chinese trams, the famous European car companies, such as Mercedes Benz, BMW, Volkswagen and other local brands, are all against it.

Secondly, although China's electric vehicles are famous in the world, the EU has always maintained a vigilant trade attitude towards China, resulting in the proportion of Chinese trams in the European market being only about 8%, far below the standard of threat.

Finally, from the announcement of the investigation to its implementation on July 4, the European Commission did not give any convincing reasons and evidence, and the investigation only focused on SAIC, Geely and BYD, the three Chinese enterprises, while a large number of American enterprises were excluded, which is a discord in itself.

It is worth mentioning that the timing of the European Commission's declaration of tariff increase is also critical.

Because on the 12th day, the US Tsai government again announced new sanctions against Russia, and 20 of the 300 companies and individuals involved were Chinese and Chinese Hong Kong enterprises.

Seeing that the United States and Europe have come to an end, Japan could not resist its ambition. It also said on the 12th day that it would consider imposing sanctions on companies that "provide usable materials for the Russian military", including Chinese companies.

Obviously, Japan and the United States hold a common position that China has provided Russia with help beyond normal trade in the Russian Ukrainian conflict, which will also be the first time that Japan has imposed sanctions on China on the conflict since it fought in the Russian Ukrainian conflict for more than two years.

The intensive sanctions on June 12 also paved the way for the G7 Summit on June 13. On the eve of the summit, the western media hyped wildly, saying that the G7 would reach a further move against Russia during the summit, and strengthen pressure on China to block its "assistance to Russia".

The sanctions of the western camp obviously violated the normal trade rules and were naked "trade protectionism". Naturally, China would not swallow its pride. After the EU announced the imposition of tariffs, it quickly launched a counterattack within 24 hours.

The Ministry of Commerce of China announced that, at the request of Chinese industry, it would launch an anti-dumping investigation on EU dairy products and pork products to maintain the competition order in the Chinese market and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese and local enterprises.

In fact, the western countries have more tricks in the Chinese market than these. The sanctions of the Ministry of Commerce are just a warning. If the EU is still not interested, then China will have ways to deal with them later.

The most typical is the reciprocal sanctions in the automotive field. People in the industry in China have long called for raising tariffs on gasoline vehicles with an engine displacement of more than 2.5 liters. As the largest export market for BMW, Mercedes Benz and other old European car companies, if China passes this support sanction, the interests of European companies that are lagging behind in the tram field will be greatly damaged, It may even lose the Chinese market completely in the increasingly fierce trade confrontation.

There are also many areas such as wine, agricultural products and luxury goods. China has too many ways to fight back against the EU. In the past, because of bilateral relations, and China's urgent opening of the trade market with Europe, these interests should be conceded. But Europe is arrogant, so don't blame China for hitting hard.