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Germany, Sweden lukewarm on tariffs on Chinese electric cars (business.inquirer.net)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The Chinese own Volvo Cars, which is a big employer in Sweden, so they have quite some leverage with the government.

Mencedes Benz, BMW and VW sell most of their cars to China, they know that this will be impossible once China closes their market. And those car manufacturers again are the biggest employers in Germany.