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Erecting trade barriers to shield national industries from foreign competition is not the way to ensure European companies remain competitive, said German chancellor Olaf Scholz during a visit to carmaker Opel, news agency dpa in an article in Die Welt. 鈥淲e shouldn鈥檛 close our market to foreign companies because we don鈥檛 want this to happen to our companies either,鈥� Scholz said. Introducing new irregular trade barriers would 鈥渦ltimately make everything more expensive and everyone poorer,鈥� he said, adding that 鈥減rogress and renewal鈥� combined with 鈥渇air and free global trade鈥� are the right way forward to ensure competitiveness. The chancellor sought to reassure workers at Opel, saying that the company 鈥渨ill prevail against new competitors, for example from China, in a fair competition.鈥� Scholz reiterated the German government鈥檚 commitment to electric mobility, arguing that 鈥渢hose who want to turn back the clock on this not only jeopardise what we鈥檝e achieved so far, but also our future as an industry location.鈥�

The EU, which has been debating possible tariffs on Chinese products like electric cars or solar panels, is set to make an announcement on EV tariffs as soon as this week, . Proponents argue tariffs would shield European businesses from what are perceived as unlawful subsidies granted by the Chinese government to gain a foothold, or even achieve dominance, as a supplier of key future technologies. However, Germany has so far remained reluctant to get behind a more protectionist approach by the EU, as it fears retaliations by the Chinese government that could particularly hurt its own export-oriented economy and automotive industry. After the U.S. government introduced tariffs of 100 percent on electric cars coming from China, the pressure on EU governments to formulate a coherent response to the major economy has been mounting. China has so far rejected all accusations of dumping, arguing instead that its subsidisation is limited to industrial policy practices that are common in other countries.