The meeting between the European Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, and the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Wang Wentao, on Thursday 19 September failed to find a solution to avoid the imposition of European tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The two parties still have a few weeks to find a solution, and Mr Wentao said that China would “remain committed to the negotiations on electric vehicles until the final moment”.
As a gesture of goodwill, the European Commission agreed...