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#LondonCalling: EU is defenseless before PRC EVs & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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#LondonCalling: EU is defenseless before PRC EVs & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-electric-cars-the-eu-is-more-free-market-than-america-mandate-china-tariffs-a6faa5ee

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0:00.0

This is CBS, I In The World, I'm John Bachelors.

0:09.0

The Prime Minister of Great Britain in these last days, making his speech about green, the

0:14.0

green future for the United Kingdom, outside the European Union.

0:18.2

The BBC summarizes, Rishi Sunak is delivered a speech in which he sets out changes to the

0:23.3

government's green commitments.

0:25.5

This includes, says the BBC, delaying a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.

0:31.5

I'll stop there and welcome Joseph Sternberg.

0:35.4

Member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, he writes politically economics column,

0:39.5

he's based in London.

0:41.3

And his most recent observations about EV's electric vehicles inside the EU, I start

0:48.2

with Britain outside the EU because Joe's there.

0:51.6

And also because there is not an excuse to say, well, the Brussels made us do it.

0:57.1

This is London speaking.

0:59.2

And the Prime Minister has decided to delay the mandates of all EV by such a date.

1:06.0

Joe, a very good evening to you.

1:07.4

The first thing I'm checking on is, was there a large gathering of protesters in the middle

1:15.0

of London to march on Parliament or the March on number 10 and demand the Prime Minister

1:21.2

take his words back and Great Britain committed to net zero goes all EV as soon as possible.

1:28.3

Did that happen, Joe?

1:29.3

Good evening to you.

1:30.3

Hey, John, not really.

1:32.9

So the politics of this has been really interesting and I think potentially casts the light on

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