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Nej, EU styrs av Tyskland och Frankrike som försvarar sina nationella intressen, och ibland inte ens dem. Sverige är ett alltför obetydligt land politiskt och ekonomiskt för att EU ska fundera på att äventyra framtida handelsavtal med Kina.
Ett mycket känt exempel är när tyska solcellstillverkare ukonkurrerades av kinesiska. Tyskar var ledande i EU. Den tyska regeringen valde då att motarbeta EU när man försökte införa tullar på kinesiska solceller.
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Germany thwarts EU in China solar fight
May 27 2013
Germany led a majority of EU members on Monday to oppose punitive duties on imported Chinese solar panels, undermining an aggressive attempt by the bloc’s trade commissioner to combat allegedly unfair competition from China.
Mr De Gucht, who is from Belgium, has recommended that provisional punitive tariffs averaging 47 per cent be imposed on imports from Chinese solar producers, whom he accuses of selling goods below cost.
The anti-dumping case has emerged as a test of whether the EU can maintain a unified trade policy orchestrated by Brussels, or whether national governments would ultimately fracture under intense commercial lobbying by Beijing.
Mr De Gucht met on Monday with Zhong Shan, a deputy Chinese commerce minister, to discuss the issue. An EU trade spokesman said that “Commissioner De Gucht . . . made it very clear to the Vice-Minister that he was aware of the pressure being exerted by China on a number of EU member states which explains why they are positioning themselves as they are in their advisory positions towards the European Commission”.
Last year Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, irritated EU trade officials when she publicly suggested during a Beijing visit that Mr De Gucht should not impose duties and instead negotiate a solution – a move that many in Brussels interpreted as undercutting the commissioner. After a long period of quiet, the German government has restated that position in recent days.
https://www.ft.com/content/3feec642-c6dc-11e2-8a36-00144feab7de
May 27 2013
Germany led a majority of EU members on Monday to oppose punitive duties on imported Chinese solar panels, undermining an aggressive attempt by the bloc’s trade commissioner to combat allegedly unfair competition from China.
Mr De Gucht, who is from Belgium, has recommended that provisional punitive tariffs averaging 47 per cent be imposed on imports from Chinese solar producers, whom he accuses of selling goods below cost.
The anti-dumping case has emerged as a test of whether the EU can maintain a unified trade policy orchestrated by Brussels, or whether national governments would ultimately fracture under intense commercial lobbying by Beijing.
Mr De Gucht met on Monday with Zhong Shan, a deputy Chinese commerce minister, to discuss the issue. An EU trade spokesman said that “Commissioner De Gucht . . . made it very clear to the Vice-Minister that he was aware of the pressure being exerted by China on a number of EU member states which explains why they are positioning themselves as they are in their advisory positions towards the European Commission”.
Last year Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, irritated EU trade officials when she publicly suggested during a Beijing visit that Mr De Gucht should not impose duties and instead negotiate a solution – a move that many in Brussels interpreted as undercutting the commissioner. After a long period of quiet, the German government has restated that position in recent days.
https://www.ft.com/content/3feec642-c6dc-11e2-8a36-00144feab7de
