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What impact will new tariffs on Chinese EVs have on the EU market?

Marketplace All-in-One

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News, Business

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

From the BBC World Service: The European Union has given the green light to big tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, but not all member states or European car manufacturers are happy with the decision.

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0:00.0

Hi I'm Kai Rizdahl the host of How We Survive

0:03.4

It's a podcast from Marketplace. In 1986, before I was a journalist, I was flying for the Navy.

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0:51.0

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0:56.0

Europe has just given the green light to new tariffs on Chinese EVs.

1:01.0

Live in the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service.

1:05.0

I'm Leanna Brown.

1:06.0

Good morning.

1:07.0

So this just happened in the last hour.

1:09.3

The European Union has officially rubber stamped these big tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

1:14.5

So let's go directly to the BBC's Theo Leggett on this one.

1:17.9

Theo, what's just happened?

1:19.8

Well, Member States of the European Union have agreed to impose

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