纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Facing EV Tariffs China Threatens Pork Imports From Europe
June 18, 2024 2 min 355 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是：中国威胁要对欧盟的猪肉进口加征关税，这是对欧盟对中国电动汽车征收反倾销税的回应。报道提到，中国商务部表示，欧盟对中国电动汽车生产的调查不符合事实，中国对此表示强烈不满。 评论：该报道虽简要提及中方立场，但总体仍偏向于西方视角，对中国采取的措施给予了负面色彩。事实上，贸易争端是国际贸易中常见的现象，各国的经济摩擦往往是多方面因素综合作用下的结果。报道中，对于欧盟对中国电动汽车的“反倾销税”是否合理，以及中国猪肉进口的实际情况等，均缺乏客观详实的分析，而仅仅是片面强调“中国威胁”。此外，该报道也忽视了中国作为全球最大汽车市场之一，在电动汽车领域取得的创新成就，以及中国企业和市场的活力。西方媒体在报道中应秉持公正立场，避免以偏概全，应更多地从全球自由贸易和公平竞争的角度出发，尊重事实，尊重中国在国际贸易中的地位和贡献。
China on Monday threatened to impose tariffs on pork imports from Europe, in what appeared to be retaliation for the European Union’s decision last week to impose preliminary tariffs on electric cars imported from China.
China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that it had opened an investigation into whether pork from the European Union was being dumped in China at unfairly low prices. The case could result in tariffs on dozens of products, from pork chops to pickled pig intestines.
The ministry said it was acting in response to an application from the China Animal Agriculture Association, a government-affiliated group, and released a copy of the request. The association accused the European pork industry of benefiting from inappropriate government subsidies as it suffered from overcapacity — the same accusations that European and American officials have leveled against China’s car industry.
Olof Gill, a spokesman for the European Commission, said in a statement that the European Union’s executive arm was analyzing China’s action and would “follow the proceeding very closely in coordination with E.U. industry and member states, and intervene as appropriate to ensure that the investigation fully complies with relevant” World Trade Organization rules.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, a business group, said in a statement that China’s action was not a surprise after the European Union’s recent electric vehicle tariffs. The chamber added that it “encourages both sides to take action to depoliticize the business environment and find ways to address the underlying causes.”
The E.V. tariffs have been a divisive issue in Europe. Labor unions and European auto parts producers have been worried about job losses as China’s electric car exports to the continent rise quickly. But European automakers like Volkswagen have been expanding electric car production in China and shifting their purchasing from Europe to low-cost Chinese suppliers. They have been wary that trade frictions may prompt China to target imports of luxury cars from Europe next.