France calls for ‘Buy European Act’ to protect regional carmakers. The French president says the EU should copy the US and protect its industry.
France calls for ‘Buy European Act’ to protect regional carmakers. The French president says the EU should copy the US and protect its industry.
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>*PARIS — Emmanuel Macron called for a “Buy European Act” on Wednesday to protect carmakers on the Continent in the face of competition from China and in response to the United States’ own controversial scheme to incentivize domestic production.*
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>*France has been leading the charge against Washington’s recent Inflation Reduction Act, which includes tax incentives for U.S. consumers to “Buy American” when it comes to choosing an electric car.*
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>*The European Union, South Korea, Japan, China and Russia have all complained at the World Trade Organization that this measure violates international trade rules by unfairly discriminating against foreign manufacturers.French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire also recently slammed the U.S. scheme as “jeopardizing the level playing field” and raising the risk of a “new trade war.”*
Je n’ai pas pu trouver d’article en Français sur ce sujet. Soit je suis nul en Google, ou c’est un exclusif de Politico.
Il faudrait déjà commencer par augmenter les taxes sur les véhicules produits en Chine au même niveau qu’eux (25% au lieu de 10% actuellement). On a des constructeurs européens qui commencent à délocaliser leur production en Chine pour être exporté vers l’Europe: Dacia Spring, Citroen C5, Mini… et ça va s’accentuer si on ne fait rien, sans compter les constructeurs chinois qui vont commencer à arriver. Si on perd notre industrie auto européenne, ça va faire très mal à notre économie.